CIS Executive Committee Chairman Sergey Lebedev said the December meeting's agenda includes 24 items, according to TASS.
Russia's foreign minister said Moscow welcomes expanded regional cooperation on biological security.
International monitors from the Commonwealth of Independent States are tracking voting procedures during Russia's parliamentary elections, according to TASS.
According to Russia's Defense Ministry, the meeting will focus on strengthening joint air defense cooperation among Commonwealth of Independent States members.
Major General Talaybek Sharsheev cited a rapidly changing military-political situation and emerging threats in comments on the CIS air defense network, according to TASS.
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