Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in person in Yerevan on November 23, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Commenting on the president’s schedule for next week, Peskov said: "There will be a trip to Armenia for a CSTO summit and there will be Russian-Cuban talks [in Moscow]."
According to Peskov, Putin will take part in "other events, too."
At the Yerevan meeting next Wednesday, CSTO leaders will discuss international and regional security issues, steps to enhance the organization’s crisis response system and joint measures of assistance for Armenia, the CSTO Secretariat said earlier. Ahead of the CSTO presidency rotation on January 1, 2023, the Collective Security Council will consider appointing a new CSTO Secretary General, while Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will speak about the priorities of Minsk’s 2023 presidency in the organization.
The summit will be preceded by a joint meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council, the Defense Ministers Council and the Committee of the CSTO Security Council Secretaries.
