Tula Hosted a Meeting of the Council of Defence Ministers of the CIS Member States

    The Belarusian military delegation headed by the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Belarus Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin took part in the meeting.

During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the military-political situation in the world, threats and challenges to the security of the CIS member states.

In accordance with the agenda, the following issues were also discussed:

military-technical cooperation in the format of a joint air defence system of the CIS member states;

preparations for the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in the CIS format;

giving the state institution “Research Institute of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus” of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus the status of a basic research organisation of the CIS member states in the field of military security research.

At the same time, the heads of the defence ministries of the Commonwealth paid great attention to issues of multilateral cooperation in the development of a joint engineering unit for humanitarian demining of the armed forces of the CIS member states, military education and training.

The result of the meeting of the CIS Council of Defence Ministries was the approval by the heads of the defence ministries of the Commonwealth of the Work Plan of the Council of Defence Ministers of the CIS member states for 2024.

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The defence ministers of the CIS member states laid flowers at the eternal flame of the Three Bayonets memorial complex in Tula.