Leaders of CSTO countries adopt documents on Collective Security Council, others at summit in Moscow

Heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) member countries signed some multilateral documents at the summit that took place in the Russian capital, Moscow, on Monday.

The documents included a statement of the Collective Security Council in honour of the 30th anniversary of the treaty and the 20th anniversary of the organisation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier it has planned, among other things, to sign a joint statement, which, taking into account the experience gained during the peacekeeping operation in Kazakhstan, will confirm the determination of the CSTO countries to continue to cooperate as partners in various areas of military and defence development and to increase coordinated action on the international stage.

The meeting was attended by Putin, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

The DEFENDER reports that the CSTO, which has its headquarters in Moscow, is an international security organisation consisting of select post-Soviet states including six member states: Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The Collective Security Treaty Organisation was formed on February 14, 1992 and signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent.

The Collective Security Council is the supreme body of the CSTO. It includes the heads of the states that are members of the organisation.