A meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Collective Security Council took place in St Petersburg.

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation Summit took place in the Kremlin.

Leaders of the CSTO member states discussed aspects of foreign defence policy and countering modern challenges and threats.

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

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.