A meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Minsk. Middle ground, from left: Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Erlan Abdylayev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Foreground, from left: Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov.
