The special session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council of Ministers of Defense will be held Thursday via videoconference, CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov told TASS.

"During the meeting, the heads of the defense ministries of the CSTO member states will discuss the conduct of the [CSTO] peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan," he added.

According to Zainetdinov, the aforesaid session will be attended also by CSTO Chief of the Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov, and CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khayrulloyev.

To note, Armenia is also a member in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.