Russia to hold regional security talks this week -TASS

The head of Russia's Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev will hold in Minsk security talks with his Belarusian counterpart this week as well as the security heads of several other countries in the region, Russia's news agencies reported on Wednesday. Patrushev is to hold talks with the head of Belarus security Alexander Wolfovich on Wednesday and the heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), on Thursday, TASS reported.

The CSTO is an intergovernmental military alliance consisting of Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.