Vladimir Putin opened the CSTO summit.
The session of the Council for Collective Security began in a limited format in the Kremlin.
Shortly before, the leaders of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan took a joint photo. The event is chaired by Vladimir Putin.
At the opening of the meeting, the Russian leader said that Moscow has prepared an agenda for this year's summit, which includes global security issues; Topics for discussion were agreed upon with all members of the organization.