Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, foreground center, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, foreground second right, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, middle ground right, and CSTO General Secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha, middle ground second right, at a joint meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Council of Ministers of Defense and Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the member-states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.