CSTO Parliamentary Delegations Gather in Moscow for Council Meeting and 18th Plenary

Overview

• State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin is set to chair the joint council session and the 18th plenary of the PA CSTO on December 8 at the State Duma in Moscow.
• Kazakhstan’s delegation arrived led by Mazhilis Chairman Yerlan Koshanov, according to the State Duma announcement.
• Delegations from Belarus, Tajikistan and Iran have also reached Moscow to take part in the assembly events.
• The agenda features coordination of member-state laws and measures to counter challenges and threats within the CSTO’s area of responsibility, along with a draft statement on international security in a forming multipolar world.
• A press conference summarizing the December 8 sessions is scheduled for December 9 at the Russia Today press center with Anatoly Vyborny and Valery Semerikov, with remote links to Astana, Bishkek, Yerevan and Minsk and prior media accreditation required.