Russia's Putin attends Collective Security Treaty Organisation summit in Minsk without Armenia

Leaders of CSTO countries attended on Thursday a summit of Collective Security Treaty Organization in Minsk, hosted by the Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Heads of the member states, including Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a decision to develop the CSTO’s system of crisis response. Putin hailed what he called the group's role in securing peace and stability in the region. The Russian-dominated security grouping held the summit with the absence of Armenia. Yerevan said earlier that CSTO failed to support it during the recent surge of conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh. Nevertheless, Armenian foreign ministry said that withdrawal from CSTO is not on agenda now. The summit's host, Belarusian President Lukashenko, was more outspoken in his criticism of Armenia. CSTO will further develop regional and international security and defence cooperation including peace keeping efforts, the summit participants said. The organisation includes six post-Soviet countries – Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Armenia. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What's up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people's lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!