Tikhansky: the legal field remains the main deterrent in the CSTO

This week, Russia hosted meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers, the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils and a session of the Collective Security Council. The Belarusian delegation took part in the events. The sides exchanged views on joint security, operational and combat training, as well as on improving the forces and means of the collective security system. The practical value of these meetings on the air of the program “PRO ARMY” on the “SSTV” speculated military analyst Alexander Tikhansky, writes sb.by.

According to him, the results of the work of the CSTO bodies will be noticeable in the near future - at the summit of the organization.

- The result of the work of these CSTO bodies will be the signing by the heads of member states of the anti-drug plan for 2026-2030. The anti-terror plan is also designed for five years. At the same time, a new cycle of exercises and interaction – Echelon and others – will be launched. This is the work that determines all our joint actions for the next five years. As for Armenia: it has not applied to withdraw from the CSTO, does not pay dues, it was deprived of a place in the military bodies, but no one will exclude it. Like the EAEU, he will, he will. It seems to me that the expected tough actions against Armenia will not happen, said Alexander Tikhansky.

The expert stressed that specific military planning, which is limited by the legal field, is especially important.

- When the military of several states gather, the question always arises, within what legal framework they work. It may seem that everything is simple: they fled, each created its own national legislation. And then this legislation should be correlated with the commander, who with his unit is in one or another point of the CSTO member countries. It's a very difficult job. The most constraining factors remain in the legal field, because few people want to change national legislation. And in the CSTO, the decision is made by consensus, Alexander Tikhansky summed up.

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