Military Cooperation Issues

On 4-5 February, in Moscow, the Russian Defence Ministry holds a working meeting of the heads of structural units of international military cooperation departments in the format of three organisations: the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO).

The meeting is attended by Chief of the International Military Cooperation Department, Assistant to the Defence Minister for Foreign Military Policy Maj. Gen. Oleg Voinov.

The agenda of the meeting is the discussion of a plan for a joint meeting of defence ministers of the CIS, SCO and CSTO member states, scheduled for 3 June in Moscow, as well as draft documents planned for signing during the meeting.

During the event, it is planned to hold bilateral meetings of Maj. Gen. Oleg Voinov with representatives of the international military cooperation departments of foreign states, within the framework of which the parties will exchange views on strengthening and developing partnerships in the military sphere and on the main promising areas of cooperation.