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Putin to take part in CSTO Collective Security Council meeting on January 10 — Kremlin

The meeting will discuss the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and measures to normalize it

MOSCOW, January 9./TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in an extraordinary online meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council on January 10, chaired by Armenia, the Kremlin press service reported on Sunday.

"The meeting will discuss the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and measures to normalize it," the press service specified.

Earlier in the day, the press service of the Armenian prime minister reported that a virtual meeting of the CSTO countries’ leaders was scheduled for Monday. Later, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Putin planned to take part in the video conference on January 10.

Vladimir Zainetdinov, spokesperson for the CSTO post-Soviet security bloc, said the heads of state would take part in the meeting on Monday, while Kyrgyzstan would be represented by the prime minister.