MOSCOW. June 23 (Interfax-AVN) - President Vladimir Putin said he will discuss contacts between NATO and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
"We have offered contacts to NATO on behalf of the CSTO. The NATO secretary general will be visiting Moscow tomorrow, and we will discuss the matter," Putin told a press conference following the CSTO summit in Moscow.
CSTO members also wish to develop bilateral relations with the alliance, he said.