During the meeting, the CSTO Secretary General congratulated Suren Papikyan on assuming the post of Defence Minister.

The interlocutors discussed the priorities of the organization's activity during the RA chairmanship in the CSTO. Suren Papikyan stressed that one of the priorities of the Armenian side will be to increase and improve the efficiency of the CSTO activities, as well as the issues of further development of the CSTO military component.

The parties stressed the importance of 2022 for the 30th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and confirmed that the measures planned next year will be implemented more effectively in favor of increasing cooperation between the CSTO member states and expanding the international role of the Organization.