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State leaders from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Moscow-led military alliance in Eurasia, take a group photo ahead of a summit in Armenia, Erevan. IMAGES
The European Union's Defence and foreign affairs ministers arrive for doorsteps at the opening of an informal meeting in Toledo dominated by discussions of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the bloc's response to coups in Niger and Gabon. IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Yerevan for a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) which will also be attended by Belurasian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The military alliance is headquartered in Moscow and groups Russia and the former Soviet republics of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. IMAGES
A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization kicks off in Brussels, with the US-led defence alliance's foreign ministers set to discuss NATO's ongoing backing for Ukraine against Russia amid doubts over US support and a bloody stalemate on the ground. There are fears that a lack of adequate support from the West -- at a time that it is distracted by the Israel-Hamas war -- could end up forcing Kyiv to seek a compromise with Russian President Vladimir Putin from a position of weakness. IMAGES
ASEAN foreign ministers arrive in Jakarta for talks dominated by the crisis in Myanmar, with the regional bloc divided over how or whether to reengage with the coup-wracked country's ruling junta. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.