News & Events in Belarus

These also include the prevention of international terrorism and illegal drug trade, stabilizing migration processes, improvement of the legal foundations and mechanisms of interaction in the Organization.

According to Alexander Lukashenko, the session of the committee is held in complicated time. The international situation can be characterized by growing instability, the transformation of relations between the world centers of force, and toughening mutual competition. Conditions for the transfer of struggle to outer space and cyberspace are being created.

“NATO is building up military infrastructure near the borders of our countries, the missile defense system is being installed, projects to design precision weapons are implemented. Conflicts, economic and social shocks continue to remain the sources of the migration crisis,” the president said.

Alexander Lukashenko stressed that the activities of terrorists in Europe and Central Asia pose an outstanding threat, the conflicts in southeastern Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh are disturbing. In spite of emerging positive trends, the situation around Transnistria is not settled.

“Obviously, in these conditions our organization becomes even more important. Being a multi-purpose organization, the CSTO has a potential for playing a big role in the future reviewed architecture of security on the Eurasian continent,” the Belarusian head of state assured.

He deems it necessary to make timely strategic decisions on the basis of unity and allied solidarity, prepare