According to the press secretary of the Minister of Defense of Russia, Russian Markovskaya, during the meeting a set of issues of interaction in the field of defense and military security will be considered.

She said that it is planned to summarize the results of cooperation in the military sphere in 2019, and also to consider the draft concept of military cooperation of the CIS member states until 2025.

“Decisions will be made in the field of topographic, metrological, information support of military activities and other areas,” Markovskaya said.

In addition, according to her, “it is planned to coordinate joint events for 2020 and analyze the preparations for a significant event in the joint history of the CIS member states - the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.”

It is noted that the delegation of the military departments of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will take part in the meeting.

Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, during a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, called for strengthening cooperation with neighboring countries of the CIS.