2 Jun 2017 13:34

Shoigu considers CIS Council of Defense Ministers effective instrument of military cooperation

MOSCOW. June 2 (Interfax) - The CIS Council of Defense Ministers is an effective format of international cooperation that allows for the development of effective measures to avert security threats in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said.

"An anniversary meeting of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers timed to the 25th anniversary of its creation took place in Moscow on May 26. All meeting participants agreed that the Council of Defense Ministers is now an effective instrument of military cooperation which allows for countering modern challenges and threats and ensuring peace in the CIS," he said.