Following the latest session of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Council for Collective Security, President Vladimir Putin said that the CSTO has established itself at the highest level as an organisation that plays an independent and stabilising role in the regional and global security system.
This is confirmed by the fact that the CSTO has been granted observer status in the UN General Assembly and has been recognised by the OSCE and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Mr Putin noted that the CSTO member states intend to develop their relations with NATO, both on a bilateral basis and as a group.
The CSTO is a good forum for reaching joint political decisions and coordinating foreign policy work, Mr Putin said.