Full agreement on threats and weapons: Putin appreciated the meeting of CSTO leaders in the Kremlin.
The CSTO summit is being held in Moscow under the chairmanship of Vladimir Putin. The meeting of the Council for Collective Security began in a narrow format with the participation of the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The Russian president described the dialogue as fundamental and productive, emphasizing full mutual understanding on almost all key issues.
According to Putin, the participating countries are demonstrating a common spirit in dealing with threats to collective security, paying special attention to the operational interaction of law enforcement authorities in the fight against terrorism and extremism, improving combat training and equipping the collective forces with modern weapons.
At the end of the narrow meeting, the leaders prepared a final draft statement reflecting the common approaches of the CSTO countries to the global and regional agenda, and also discussed the upcoming presidency of Tajikistan in the next jubilee year, to which Russia promised to provide full assistance.