Uzbekistan has regained full membership in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO).

Corresponding decision was adopted today in Sochi in the course of the informal summit of Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) member-states. This was acknowledged by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the joint press conference dedicated to the results of the meeting.

Uzbekistan announced its revocation of the moratorium on the active membership in the frames of the CSTO and intention to regain full-righted membership in this military structure during the session of the CSTO Council in June of this year.

At the press conference, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov said that membership in the CSTO was of great importance to his country. \"CSTO is a much needed structure,\" he said. \"Time will come when we will integrate the EurAsEC and the CSTO, and form a structure that will solve economic issues paying due attention to the creation of the due security conditions, without which no economy can function properly.\"