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1/10 Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office Meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council. December 10, 2010 Full captionFull caption|||Minimise

• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408bbe0e0dbb6129.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408bbe16c459b40a.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408bcdfb009b83e2.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408bce03a9a0c05b.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408bc520bca133ea.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408bc529633dae08.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408bd65cc101261c.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408bd66575e62f3c.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| With President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408bf13d5009ce51.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408bf1417d209b27.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Before the CSTO Collective Security Council meeting.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408c06f5ad2a2299.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408c06fe604aee6d.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408bff2069e0bce5.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408bff299db2d5db.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| Participants in the CSTO summit.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408e5e1948bb0e27.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408e5e22699816f6.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| At CSTO Collective Security Council meeting.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408eb89babb9eae9.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408eb8a50631599a.jpeg
• Photo: the Presidential Press and Information Office| At the Collective Security Treaty Organisation’s summit.|The Kremlin, Moscow|December 10, 2010|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/big/41d3408e6d8f233e026d.jpeg|http://eng.news.kremlin.ru/media/events/photos/medium/41d3408e6d936c271c76.jpeg

Opening the plenary session, Dmitry Medvedev stressed the important part the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force and peacekeeping contingent can play in preventing crisis situations.

The Russian President also noted the successful joint military exercises conducted in 2010, as well as operations to prevent drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and criminal use of cyberspace.

Discussions also concerned strengthening the organisation’s legal base and the opportunities for developing military technical cooperation in the member states.

The member states approved a declaration on the CSTO peacekeeping force and a declaration of the CSTO member states, and also signed a package of joint documents. 

Taking part in the meeting were President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva, and CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha.