Shoigu: CSTO defense ministers map out military component's development
MOSCOW. June 10 (Interfax-AVN) - The development of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) military component was mapped out at a meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
"We have exchanged opinions about the military strategic situation and conditions in the CSTO responsibility zone which are taking shape under the influence of global trends and events evolving in neighboring regions for the past few months. We have also discussed military cooperation in the CSTO format and planned further steps in the development of the organization's military component," Shoigu said.
He thanked all the participants in the annual Moscow Security Conference held in late May. "I thank everyone who visited Moscow and addressed the conference. Your attendance made a strong contribution to the discussion of pressing global security issues," the minister said.
The latest conference was attended by about 300 guests from over 40 countries and five international organizations. "The impact of the so-called "color revolutions" and regional conflicts on global security was the center of attention," Shoigu added.