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Vladimir Putin will take part in CSTO and EurAsEC summits

December 17, 2012

On December 19, Vladimir Putin will take part in the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Collective Security Council meeting, the meeting of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) Interstate Council, and the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting.

Heads of these associations' member states – presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan – will arrive in Moscow.

During the  CSTO Collective Security Council meeting, the parties will discuss current international and regional issues, including the situation in Afghanistan, the interaction between the CSTO member states – measures to improve the collective security and collective emergency response system, as well as medium term development of CSTO. A number of documents will be signed following the meeting.

The  EurAsEC summit will focus on further reorganisation of the Community and adaptation of its activities to new integration environment within the  Customs Union (CU) and the  Common Economic Space (CES) between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, as well as on financing of the organisation's bodies.

At the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the supreme body of the Customs Union and CES, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev will discuss ways to further develop and deepen integration cooperation between the three states aimed at creating by the beginning of 2015 of the Eurasian Economic Union. A number of joint documents will also be signed.

December 17, 2012