The regular meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the CIS countries will be held Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, TASS reports, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

"Military delegations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as delegations from the CIS Executive Committee and the Secretariat of the CIS Committee of Defense Ministers are expected to attend the meeting," the respective statement said.

"The heads of the military delegations of the CIS member states will discuss comprehensive matters of cooperation of mutual interests in the field of defense and security, as well as exchange views on the military-political situation being created along the borders of the CIS countries," the Russian Defense Ministry added.