Photo Gallery: Tasks of the CSTO in the Context of Growing International Tension: a View from the Capitals. First Session of the Valdai Discussion Club Collective Security Conference

On February 9, the Valdai Discussion Club, with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry, holds a conference titled “Collective Security in a New Era: Experience and Prospects of the CSTO”. The first session was titled “Tasks of the CSTO in the context of growing international tension: a view from the capitals”. Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club; Aleksandr Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Stanislav Zas, CSTO Secretary-General; Armen Ghevondyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia; Marat Syzdykov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Nuran Niyazaliev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic; Sodiq Imomi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan; Vyacheslav Remenchik, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, participated. The session was moderated by Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club.