"We consider it as a promising possibility to grant the countries willing to maintain regular relations with the CSTO a status of an observer or a partner," the Russian leader told the CSTO’s summit.
Putin eyes granting CSTO partner status to new countries
Countries willing to cooperate with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a post-Soviet security bloc, should be given an observer and partner status in the future, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, AzVision.az reports citing TASS.