Taking part in the summit were President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, and President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva.
Subjects on the agenda at the summit included, in particular, the situation in the Middle East, North Africa, and Afghanistan, and also disaster prevention, management, and relief in the CSTO region.