Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Protocol on Amendments to the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992 which was signed in Moscow on December 10, 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev took part in an informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation member countries’ heads of state in the Kazakhstani capital, Astana.

The President will take part in an informal summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation member countries.

Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Nikolai Bordyuzha briefed the President on preparations for an upcoming informal CSTO summit.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on the Collective Rapid Reaction Force of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

Heads of the CSTO member states discussed the results of work in 2010. Raising the effectiveness of crisis-response mechanisms and strengthening the security of member countries and the region in general were the main subjects of attention.

The summits are set to take place on December 9–10, 2010 in Moscow.

The heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation member states discussed CSTO’s current and planned measures for the stabilisation of the situation in Kyrgyzstan, and the creation of an effective crisis response system within the Organisation.

Nikolai Patrushev and Nikolai Bordyuzha briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the outcome of the consultations among Security Council secretaries of CSTO member states on the situation in Kyrgyzstan.

The meeting with students at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev took place within the framework of the official visit of the President of Russia to Ukraine.

The summit adopted two joint documents: a statement by the CSTO member states on the situation in Kyrgyzstan, and a statement by the member states regarding the conclusion of the Russian-US Treaty on Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Weapons.