Security cooperation on agenda of forthcoming CSTO, CIS summits

       The development of cooperation in security will be discussed at the forthcoming summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) which will be held in Sochi and Minsk respectively. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement at the government session held to discuss current economic and foreign policy matters.
The head of state said that the upcoming international events are important for Belarus:
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     “The regular session of the CSTO Collective Security Council is set to elaborate coordinated approaches to react to occurring challenges and threats. After this session the joint Belarus-Russia army exercise Zapad 2013 (West 2013) will be held. The exercise will be held in Belarus and in Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
A summit of the CIS heads of state will be held in Minsk in late October. The summit is going to focus on a number of important security issues. In particular, the heads of state will review an interstate program of joint measures to counter terrorism, extremism, drugs and human trafficking, and IT crimes”.