Based on the decision adopted at a CSTO session back in 2015 about Armenia’s presidency in the organization, Yerevan will host the session of CSTO Council of Defense Ministers on Tuesday, August 16.

CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha has already arrived in Yerevan to participate in the session.

Kazakh Defense Minister Imangali Tasmagambetov has also arrived in Yerevan.

Defense Ministry delegations from CSTO member states - Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan – as well as Secretary General Bordyuzha and Chief of Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov will participate in the session.