Written by Michael Thervil
Photo courtesy of the Kremlin
Today at 2pm Russian time, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). In a world that is constantly bombarded by western corporate news that expels the narrative that Russia is isolated and alone in the world because of the execution of their Special Military Operation in Ukraine, it appears that the opposite is true. The meeting that took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Presidents of Belarus, Kazajstan, Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan, as well as the Secretary General of the Collective Security of the Collective Security treaty organization proves otherwise.
In a press release featured here at VEDA Communications from the Kremlin, it highlights the topics and subject matter that was covered during the council meeting. Keep in mind that this meeting was also expanded to include prominent members from the press and other organizations as well such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as well. The following press release from the Kremlin stated the following in regard to today’s CSTO meeting.
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"President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, and CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov attended the restricted format meeting.
The meeting continued in an expanded format, with the participation of [the] delegation members. Attending the meeting on the Russian side were Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office – Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Kazakhstan Alexei Borodavkin and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian Federation to the Collective Security Treaty Organization Viktor Vasilyev.
Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergei Lebedev and Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Zhang Ming were also invited to take part in the expanded format meeting of the CSTO’s Collective Security Council.
A large package of documents was signed following the summit. The documents include[d] the Declaration of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Statement of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, as well as a decision on a plan of scheduled events to celebrate this anniversary.
The sides also signed decisions of the CSTO’s Collective Security Council on the Targeted Interstate Program of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to Reinforce the Tajik-Afghan Border, on Further Strengthening Allied Relations within the Collective Security Treaty Organization, on the List of Standard Modern and Advanced Weapons Systems, Military and Special-Purpose Equipment for the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asia Collective Security Region, and a number of other documents."
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