Executive Committee Chairman: CIS Council of Defense Ministers’ contributes to development of multilateral military cooperation

Baku, October 30, AZERTAC “The activity of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers contributes to the development of multilateral military cooperation,” said Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev in his speech during the 77th meeting of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers held in Baku. “Each meeting of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers shows that the member states share common interests in expanding military cooperation. The fact that more than 20 issues are on the agenda of today's meeting testifies to this,” Lebedev said. “The principled position on the strengthening of security cooperation was reaffirmed during the meetings of the CIS Council of Heads of State in Ashgabat on October 11 and in Moscow on October 25,” he added.