INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Eurasian region, we emphasize the importance of de-escalating tensions in the continent and reaffirm our readiness for practical cooperation
24 after its demands for NATO and the United States to permanently bar Ukraine from joining the alliance and to halt NATO expansion in what
Moscow sees as its sphere of influence were refused.Leaders of fellow CSTO members Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
televised segment of the summit, Putin also proposed granting the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) the status of a permanent CSTO
military assistance to quell a wave of anti-government unrest.
