Valery Semerikov Named Acting CSTO Secretary General


Valery Semerikov (Photo: International Committee of the Red Cross)

Valery Semerikov (Photo: International Committee of the Red Cross)

MOSCOW, Russia (ArmRadio)—Deputy Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Valery Semerikov started fulfilling the duties of the post-Soviet security bloc’s chief on Sunday, CSTO Press Service reports.

Nikolai Bordyuzha term as Secretary General ended on December 31, 2016.

Bordyuzha had been the CSTO Secretary-General since 2003. At the organization’s Moscow summit in December 2015, a decision was made to extend Bordyuzha’s term until January 1, 2017.

In late December, Bordyuzha said the issue on the new chief of the organization would be solved in April 2017 at the meeting of the CSTO Council.


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