Uzbekistan leaves CSTO

• 29.06.2012, 12:34

Uzbekistan has ceased its membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

This was reported by Russian news agencies with refference to Uzbek diplomatic sources. The reasons for such a decision are not reported.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance which was signed on 15 May 1992. On 7 October 2002, the Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed a charter in Tashkent founding the CSTO.

On 23 June 2006, Uzbekistan became a full participant in the CSTO. Its membership was formally ratified by the Uzbek parliament on 28 March 2008.