CSTO Defense Ministers meet in Dushanbe

    At a meeting in Dushanbe on June 4, the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will sumarize the results of a snap inspection conducted on May 12-19 on the combat readiness of the CSTO Collective Rapid Response Force, according to a decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, BelTA has learned from CSTO Spokesman Vladimir Zaynetdinov.
    As was expected, the heads of the military agencies of the CSTO member states will approve the plan for CSTO consultations on matters of foreign policy, security and defense in the second half of 2015 - first half of 2016.
    The defense ministers will review documents relating to the training of peacekeeping forces and basic educational institutions for training the military personnel for the CSTO member nations, according to Kazinform.