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BELGRADE – NATO is stepping up intelligence activity against Russia and Belarus, the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Nikolai Bordyuzha, said on Thursday. “The North Atlantic Alliance states have been stepping up intelligence activity against Russia.

Serbia is committed to remaining militarily neutral, Zoran Djordjevic, the defense minister in Serbia's outgoing government, said in Moscow on Tuesday.

He made the remark in a conversation with Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha.

Serbia is a militarily neutral country and will not join any military alliance - but is open to cooperation with everyone, Tomislav Nikolic has said.

The Serbian president made the remark on Tuesday in Belgrade, during his meeting with Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Nikolayevich Bordyuzha.

Serbian Defense Zoran Djordjevic met with Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordyuzha in Belgrade on Monday.

They discussed "cooperation, global challenges and Serbia's military neutrality."

Russia on Sept.14 launched its largest military exercises of the year, Centre-2015, involving some 95,000 soldiers including ground troops, navy and airforce units.

"Serbia wants cooperation, but not CSTO membership"

BELGRADE -- Milovan Drecun said on Tuesday that Serbia, a militarily neutral country, advocates cooperation with all alliances, including the CSTO.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary delegation to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Milovan Drecun, said on Tuesday that Serbia, a militarily neutral country, advocates cooperation with all alliances, including the CSTO.

DUSHANBE - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic took part in a session of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the capacity of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday.

Russia's Economic Development Minister Alexey Ulyukayev and EU TRade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom are to hold talks over the implementation of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement.

Representatives of Ukraine will not be present at the negotiations, ITAR TASS reported.

Ulyukayev stated that he expects '' a frank conversation'' regarding Russia's concerns on the issue.

Russia's ambassador to the EU has called on the bloc to launch talks with the newly formed Eurasian Economic Union despite the Western economic sanctions against Moscow imposed over the Ukraine crisis.