Putin arrives in Astana to attend CSTO summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Astana to take part in the Council meeting of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member countries.

On Friday, Putin will also hold talks with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev and make a speech at the plenary meeting of the 15th Forum on Inter-Regional Cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan in Petropavlovsk.

Ahead of the CSTO summit, Astana will host joint sessions of the organization's council of foreign ministers, council of defense ministers and committee of security council secretaries.