YEREVAN. Sept 2 (Interfax) - NATO is dragging Ukraine and Georgia into the alliance, Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) General Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha said.
"I have an impression that the calf is being dragged and is resisting. This is what is being done to Ukraine now," Bordyuzha told a press conference in Yerevan on Tuesday.
"The masks have fallen and I now understand why NATO does not want to work with the CSTO. There were some lame excuses, but now everything is clear. It is clear why joint cooperation on the prevention of drug trafficking in Afghanistan was blocked. Because the older brothers, NATO, had their own reasons, which have now become clear," Bordyuzha said.
Bordyuzha recalled that the foundation of collective security is military cooperation.
After Georgia's aggression against South Ossetia, the issue of the situation in the region was raised in the CSTO. "There is only one consequence: discussion of issues relating to the intensification of the CSTO activities. It has become clear to many members of this organization that only collective measures can help them protect their sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security. We are not sixty years old, like NATO, we are only five years old, but serious progress has been made in the area of information security," said Bordyuzha.
The council of the foreign ministers of the CSTO countries will evaluate Russia's actions in South Ossetia, said Bordyuzha.
CSTO comprises Armenia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.