Defense cooperation issues will receive priority attention during Russia’s chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2024, CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev said.
"Work is being finalized on an overall concept for the 2024 chairmanship and an action plan for implementing it. I am confident that defense and military cooperation, military training and patriotic education based on the previously approved concepts and agreements will receive priority attention during Russia’s chairmanship," the statement reads.
The CIS chief also pointed out that new challenges and threats required the comprehensive deployment of the CIS’ integrative capacities.
