{"id":140054,"date":"2025-05-27T13:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140054\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"russia-led-military-blocs-defense-ministers-to-meet-in-kyrgyzstan-on-may-28","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/140054\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-led military bloc’s defense ministers to meet in Kyrgyzstan on May 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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May 27, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Defense ministers of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member countries will hold their regular meeting in Kyrgyzstan’s Bishkek tomorrow, the Belarusian defense ministry’s press office reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parties are expected to discuss joint training of officers in charge of collective security forces and the CSTO budget for 2026, it noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secretary General of CSTO Imangali Tasmagambetov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrei Serdyukov will also participate in the meeting, while the Armenian defense minister might ignore it due to the ongoing tensions between Armenia and CSTO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CSTO comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Yerevan has been downgrading its participation since late 2022 and ignoring the bloc\u2019s high-level events, accusing its individual members of \u201cplanning a war\u201d against Armenia together with Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year ago, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at least two CSTO allies helped Azerbaijan prepare for the 44-day war, which Armenia lost in 2020. He did not specify the countries, but severely criticized Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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