ArmInfo.Collective Security Treaty Organization Ministerial Meeting has kicked off in Yerevan today, on October 14.
The CSTO Collective Security Council will meet after the Ministerial Meeting. The leaders of the CSTO countries will discuss the appointment of new Secretary General of the Organization, adopt a statement on the influence of one-sided deployment of missile defense systems on the international security, as well as a statement on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The presidents will adopt the Collective Security Strategy for 2025 outline such internal challenges and threats as terrorism and extremism, recruiting of people into organizations, stirring up international, inter-ethnic and religious conflicts, hatred and use of information technologies for that purpose.
Earlier, on Thursday, Yuri Ushakov said 24 documents are to be signed at the meetings, with part of them behind the closed doors.
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev have already arrived in Armenia. President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will attend the meeting too, while Kazakhstan's leader Nursultan Nazarbayev cancelled his visit for health problems.