A decision on introducing the principle of rotation in the office of the CSTO Secretary-General, as well as a number of key offices, was adopted at the CSTO session. Armenia’s Presidential Chief of Staff, Vigen Sargsyan, said the aforementioned in a narrow circle after the Collective Security Council session in Moscow. 

Sargsyan noted that on a rotation basis and according to an alphabetical order, the office of the CSTO Secretary-General will pass to CSTO member-state Armenia since 1 January 2017.

The current CSTO Secretary-General Nikolay Bordyuzha will continue running his office till 2017.