CSTO Summit kicks off in expanded format

Bishkek, Nov. 28, 2019. / Kabar/. The leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) started the session in Bishkek in an expanded format. The agenda includes discussion of problems of international and regional security, issues of strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border, interaction with the United Nations on the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and coordination of the foreign policy activities of the CSTO member states, development of the Organization’s military potential and improvement of mechanisms to counter challenges and threats, including in the field of information security, as well as events to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Following the results of the meetings, it is expected to sign a number of documents related to financial and organizational activities in the CSTO permanent statutory bodies and it is planned to approve the organization’s budget for 2020. The main political document will be the statement of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on improving international cooperation and cooperation in order to strengthen global and regional security, which was put forward on the initiative of Kyrgyzstan. The CSTO Summit in Bishkek is attended by Presidents of Kyrgyzstan - Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Belarus - Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Russia - Vladimir Putin, Tajikistan - Emomali Rahmon, as well as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev and Acting Secretary General CSTO Valery Semerikov. More than 260 foreign and local media representatives cover the CSTO summit in Bishkek.