Tajikistan: Putin meets fellow CTSO leaders in Dushanbe

Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Kazak President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyzstan's leader Almazbek Atambayev and the President of the host country, Tajikistan, Emomalii Rahmon in Dushanbe, Monday. Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Lavrov was also in attendance. During his stay, the Russian leader is expected to participate in the regular session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The Collective Security Treaty was signed in 1992. Ten years after the CSTO was established, its members now include Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian and Tajikistan.