Putin convenes meeting with Lukashenko and other CSTO leaders

The meeting of Collective Security Treaty Organization leaders will take place on May 16 in Moscow.

Belarusian state news agency Belta shared the details of the upcoming meeting.

The meeting of CSTO leaders will take place on May 16 in Moscow. It will be dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the treaty signing and the 20th anniversary of the organization.

The press service of the self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko noted that the participants plan to discuss the current situation in the region and the world and "measures to jointly respond to various challenges and threats that arise."

Alexander Lukashenko will hold bilateral talks with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. One of the main topics of discussion in Minsk would be "the development of cooperation and joint work on import substitution."

The CSTO members are Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.