Baku hosted the 77th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS.

Baku hosted the 77th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS. It was attended by the heads of ministries of defense of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the participants of the meeting of the CIS Council of Ministers of Defense.

Issues of the Concept of cooperation of the CIS countries in the military sphere until 2025, joint monitoring and preparation of an assessment situation in radiation, chemical and biological spheres were included on the agenda of the summit. The ministers also summed up the results of the International Army Games 2019, discussed the training of officer personnel for the CIS military forces and holding the Beginning of Science international scientific festival of innovative ideas.

Conversation was also held on the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory.