In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is pictured during the family photo posing at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651283

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu talk during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651281

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651210

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651208

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651207

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651206

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651205

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651204

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651203

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651202

Flags are pictured during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council, and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651201

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, Belarus' Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Tajikistan's Defense Minister Sherali Mirzo, Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Murat Bektanov, and Russian Security Council Chairman Nikolai Patrushev pose for a photo during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council, and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651188

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbayev, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, Belarus' Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Tajikistan's Defense Minister Sherali Mirzo, Kazakhstan’s Defense Minister Murat Bektanov, and Russian Security Council Chairman Nikolai Patrushev pose for a photo during the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council, and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651187

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu pose for a family photo at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651186

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is pictured during the family photo posing at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651185

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is pictured during the family photo posing at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651184

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Tajik Defence Minister Sherali Mirzo, left, and Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov attend the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651183

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, from left Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev attend the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651182

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651181

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651180

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651179

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651178

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651177

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651175

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Belarusian Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovich attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651174

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651173

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651172

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, the meeting of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defense Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee is pictured, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651171

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attends the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Foreign Ministers Council, Defence Ministers Council and Security Council Secretaries Committee meeting, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

15.09.2021#6651170