Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (August 19) during a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Sochi announced future joint military exercises within the framework of CSTO.
"We celebrate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations in October. A number of different events are planned for this date" he added.
Tokayev said that he is satisfied with the development of bilateral cooperation and that there are no grounds for making pessimistic forecasts regarding its future.