The Defense Ministers of the SCO, CIS and CSTO countries agreed to expand cooperation in the fight against terrorism - the first joint exercises will be held as part of the Caucasus 2020 maneuvers, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said.
"It was proposed to work out joint tasks in the fight against terrorism at the end of September at the strategic command and staff exercise "Caucasus-2020", - he said after a meeting of the defense Ministers of the SCO, CIS and CSTO countries.
According to Shoigu, in a joint communique, the Defense Ministers named the fight against terrorism and extremism as their priority.
It is not yet clear in what format the first joint exercises will take place.
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