The council of ministers of a post-Soviet...

The top diplomats of seven ex-Soviet states are also expected to sign joint statements on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev"s European security initiative.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed drawing up a new pan-European security pact in June 2008, and Russia published a draft of the treaty in late November 2009, sending copies to heads of state and international organizations, including NATO.

The ministers will also adopt a joint statement on the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), to be held in May 2010 at UN Headquarters in New York.

The CSTO comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Russia"s security strategy until 2020 approved by Medvedev envisions the CSTO as "a key mechanism to counter regional military challenges and threats."

MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti)