Putin to Attend Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, CSTO Council Session Dec. 26

Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council and a meeting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in St. Petersburg on December 26, the Kremlin press service said in a statement Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Kremlin said the CSTO leaders would discuss issues of the fight against terrorism and extremism at the December 26 meeting.

"Within the framework of the CSTO meeting, the leaders of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan will discuss… allied cooperation within the organization to ensure its ongoing activities. There are plans to exchange views on key issues of the global and regional agenda, including countering the terrorist and extremist threats, the fight against drug and arms trafficking," the statement said.