An informal summit of the member-countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has kicked off in Cholponata at the Ruh-Ordo complex.
    Presidents of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev, Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Russia Dmitry Medvedev, Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and Uzbekistan Islam Karimov are attending the summit.
  The CSTO leader will hear the report on approaches and practical measures of formation of the coordinated information policy of the CSTO states. The leaders of the states will discuss the question of construction on the bank of the lake Issykkul of the international youth military-sports centre of the organization.
    The meeting will come to an end with a working dinner on behalf of the President of Kyrgyzstan in honor of the honored guests. During the summit, the leaders of the CSTO states will hold a number of bilateral negotiations.