Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS

The Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS (Russian: Совет министров обороны СНГ, СМО СНГ) is a working body in the Commonwealth of Independent States responsible for military policy of the CIS.

[1][2] It coordinates military cooperation of the CIS member states, and develops military and defense policy of the CIS.

[3] With the exception of Colonel General Kostyantyn Morozov of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, the post of Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the CIS has historically been concurrent with the post of Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation.

The emblem of the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of the CIS.
Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov is the current chairman of the council.
General Sergei Shoigu , former chairman of the CoM of the CIS, during a presentation in Alexander Garden to members of the council during its 2017 anniversary session.
The members of the council meeting in Moscow in 2017.
A document for the 77th session of the council, Baku , 30 October 2019.