BISHKEK, November 27. /TASS/. Strengthening cooperation between the CSTO member states, as well as the development and integration of the countries' defense sectors will be the priorities during Russia’s presidency in 2026, President Vladimir Putin said after his visit to Kyrgyzstan and a CSTO summit held there.
"There are many priorities. This is the improvement of our interaction. This is a comparison of the capabilities of the military-industrial sectors of the states. Cooperation has been very deep since the days of the Soviet Union. We give preferential terms for the purchase of our weapons and equipment for the CSTO countries. All of this is working, it's working quite effectively," Putin told reporters.
According to him, Russia is ready to share research and the latest military-industrial complex products with its partners.
Another area of the CSTO's work, the president said, will be to improve the work of the organization's governing bodies.
"This is such a bureaucratic job, but it's still important, bearing in mind that every country is interested in minimizing costs and improving the effectiveness of cooperation," Putin summed up.
