Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Minsk to attend the meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the countries participating in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). It has been reported DEA News Regarding the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, during the meeting, the heads of the Ministry of Defense will discuss a number of issues, as well as the challenges and threats to military security in the collective security zones, the improvement of the crisis response system in the format of the Organization. of mutual interest
As stated by the Ministry of Defense, the Ministers of Defense of the CSTO member states, the Secretary General of the organization and the chief of the Joint Staff are expected to attend the meeting.
CSTO includes six countries – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
At the end of April, the head of the CSTO joint headquarters Anatoly Sidorov declarationthat the organization is preparing a proposal to include a military aviation organization in the collective forces.
Before that, the Russian government approved An agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the creation of a unified regional air defense system.