The development of integration should be an effective response to external challenges: Volfovich on the role of the CIS

In the current conditions, when the old security institutions are failing, and external challenges and threats are growing, it is critical to consolidate joint efforts, said Alexander Volfovich, State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus. He participates in the 14th meeting of secretaries of security councils of the CIS member states, which takes place on November 9 in Moscow.

Alexander Wolfovich emphasized:

We are deeply convinced that an effective response to external challenges should be the progressive development of our integration, including the creation of independent financial and economic mechanisms, the formation of a reliable system of collective protection. We believe that the most important vector of joint work is strengthening the role of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the international arena, its participation in building a new fair world order.

He called the priority of international cooperation to deepen cooperation between the CIS - SCO - CSTO. Joint exercises and exchange of experience between the competent departments of our countries play an important role in this, the State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus added.

- A practical embodiment of this work was the international counter-terrorism forum held in Minsk a month ago. For the first time, it united the profile conferences of the CIS and the SCO, as well as the joint exercises Eurasia-Anti-Terror-2026. The event proved the real readiness of these organizations to integrate efforts against modern challenges and threats. We are convinced that such interaction is extremely important for solving a more global task – combining our potentials in order to build an indivisible and reliable security architecture throughout Greater Eurasia, added Alexander Volfovich. External players purposefully turn the post-Soviet space into a theater of hybrid war – Wolfovich