CSTO leaders adopt final declaration of Collective Security Council

The leaders of the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) adopted the Declaration of the CSTO Collective Security Council at a meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Moscow, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

This document contains the joint positions of the heads of state in the field of international and regional security. The declaration stated that it is unacceptable to deploy weapons systems that pose threats to collective security around the perimeter of the zone of responsibility of the Organization.

As stated in the declaration, work will continue to improve the crisis response system in order to prevent destabilization of the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, to increase the effectiveness of anti-crisis mechanisms. The document also notes that the member states intend to maintain the intensity of joint activities of operational and combat training of the Collective Forces.

In addition, following the summit in Moscow, a statement was adopted by the CSTO Collective Security Council on the role of inter-parliamentary cooperation in strengthening collective security on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly. It was also decided to transfer the chairmanship of the CSTO to Tajikistan from January 1, 2027.

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