ALMATY. May 31 (Interfax) - The defense ministers of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member countries laid flowers at the Eternal Flame near the Glory Memorial in Almaty's 28 Panfilov Guardsmen Park on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"The participants in the ceremony observed a moment of silence to pay tribute to the soldiers perished during the Great Patriotic War," the ministry said.
The heads of the Defense Ministries' delegations have arrived in Almaty to attend a meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers.