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Information for journalists accredited to cover the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Collective Security Council meeting and Commonwealth of Independent States informal summit on May 15, 2012 in the Grand Kremlin Palace.
Accredited journalists will enter the Kremlin via the Kutafya Tower (see map) from 10:00 to 18:30 and then follow Dvortsovaya ulitsa to the Grand Kremlin Palace guests’ entrance. It is essential that you have your passport with you (journalists from foreign media outlets must also have a valid Russian Foreign Ministry accreditation).
Main events on the programme (approximate starting time given; changes are possible):
15 May, 2012
13:30 – meeting of the CSTO member countries’ heads of states in narrow format
15:00 – CSTO Collective Security Council meeting in expanded format
15:45 – Press statements by President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
19:30 – Informal Commonwealth of Independent States summit
Arrangements have been made for televised coverage of the events at the summits’ international press centre.
May 14, 2012