⚡️Statement by the CSTO Member States at the NPT Review Conference(April 29, 2026)
📄 We, the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (#CSTO), reaffirm our unconditional commitment to preserving and strengtheningthe Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (#NPT).
Since its entry into force, the NPT has remained one of the pillars of the international security architecture.
Having proved its effectiveness, the NPT continues to play a key role in preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
The equal importance of the NPT’s three fundamental pillars – disarmament, non-proliferation, and the peaceful use of atomic energy – is the guarantee that the Treaty can not only withstand the current challenges and threats, but also remain the foundation of interstate cooperation in these areas for many years to come.
❗️The CSTO Member States proceed from the unshakeable principle that a nuclear war must never be fought.
We are compelled to note that the Treaty’s review process has recently been facing serious trials and disagreements, including on a number of politicised issues. This, coupled with persistent destabilising trends within the NPT framework and external factors adversely affecting the Treaty, hinders the achievement of consensus-based decisions and undermines the implementation of all the Treaty’s fundamental objectives.
❌This is evidenced by the absence of final documents at the two previous NPT Review Conferences.
We call on the States Parties to the 11th NPT Review Conference to engage in constructive, substantive, and inclusive dialogue based on due regard for the interests of all parties. We proceed from the need to focus efforts on developing consensus-based solutions and ensuring the strengthening of the Treaty regime and its three pillars.
🤝The CSTO Member States stand ready to cooperate with all delegations with a view to a balanced and comprehensive review of all three fundamental pillars of the NPT. We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to our obligations under the Treaty, as well as our intention to continue coordinating efforts to preserve and strengthen it in the interests of maintaining international peace and security.
We trust that all States Parties to the Conference will strive to develop agreed approaches and compromise solutions. Only through joint efforts will it be possible to create the conditions for achieving positive outcomes at the 11th Review Conference that would be acceptable to all States Parties. This will make a meaningful contribution to our shared goal – strengthening the NPT.
🗓International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed around the globe on June 26.
Uniting the efforts of the international community to counter the drug threat is extremely important. The World Drug Report 2024 was released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime today and states that the global drug situation has sharply worsened.
☝️ The Russian Federation believes that politicised field-specific cooperation caused by the propaganda of liberal drug use ideas by the US and its allies and actual termination of contacts with law enforcement agencies from undesirable countries are what mostly caused this aggravation.
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🇷🇺 Russia advocates a comprehensive and balanced approach to solving the global drug problem which combines effective law enforcement efforts with science-based prevention of drug addiction, treatment and rehabilitation of drug users.
This approach is at odds with the legislative initiatives advanced by the US, Canada and a number of EU member states to lift the ban on the use and sale of marijuana, which create an illusion that drugs are harmless and pose a threat to promoting and protecting human rights, especially the rights of the children, who must be protected from the harmful effects of drugs.
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🤝 The #CSTO, which is expanding its interoperability with the countries of Asia, remains Russia’s key strategic partner in combatting the drug challenge. The anti-drug capability of the #SCO has noticeably improved, and another six-year 2024-2029 SCO Anti-Drug Strategy and an action plan to implement it will be approved soon.
The anti-drug thrust is playing an increasingly tangible role in #BRICS. The 7th meeting of the BRICS Anti-Drug Working Group was held in Moscow on May 21-22 as part of Russia’s chairmanship. The anti-drug dialogue with #ASEAN is making strides based on the Joint Statement by the Leaders of Russia and the association’s Member States of October 2021.
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🇺🇳 The Russian Federation completed its Presidency in the United Nations Security Council on July 31. Its packed agenda revolved around three central events, with the first two of them attended by FM Sergey Lavrov.
On July 16, we held a high-level open debate titled “Multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic and sustainable world order,” which reaffirmed the need to hold detailed discussions dealing with the underpinnings of the emerging multipolar world order, the objective to reinforce a UN-centred system of international relations, as well as the need to carry out a comprehensive review of the root causes of present-day conflicts and to consolidate our efforts in order to overcome them. The fact that the Global Majority tends to distrust the infamous Western concept of a rules-based world order was also mentioned during the debate.
On July 17, the Security Council held a quarterly ministerial-level debate on the agenda item titled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.” During this meeting, participants discussed the situation in the region with all its tension, while placing a special emphasis on the escalating violence in the Arab-Israeli conflict zone for finding ways out of this unprecedented crisis. In addition to this, the UNSC held separate meetings on July 26 and 31 on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the assassination of the Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
On July 19, the UNSC held a debate (https://russiaun.ru/en/news/190724_vershininunsc) titled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (#CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (#CIS), and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (#SCO).” In his remarks, Deputy FM Sergey Vershinin stressed the importance for the UN to work closer with constructive regional organisations. <...>
In addition to this, Russia’s UNSC Presidency included all the events as part of the mandate-reporting cycle.
👉 The Middle East bloc included meetings on Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.
👉 The African agenda covered discussions of the situation in West Africa, the Sahara and Sahel region, and the DR Congo.
👉 The council also touched upon peacebuilding efforts in Columbia and the start of deploying the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti.
👉 We exchanged views on the activities of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia and the Cyprus settlement.
❗️The Ukraine crisis remained high on the agenda. On July 9, Western countries convened a Security Council meeting in connection with the tragic incident involving a children’s hospital in Kiev. During the debate, the Russian delegation refuted accusations by its opponents and shared evidence demonstrating that the Ukrainian air defence systems were to blame for the incident. On July 25, Russia initiated a UNSC meeting to discuss the unrelenting flow of Western weapons into Ukraine, which delays a settlement in this conflict and leads to more victims.
The Security Council adopted four resolutions in July:
✅ on focusing the CAR arms embargo on illegal armed groups;
✅ extending the mandates for the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement and the UN Integrated Office in Haiti;
✅ regarding the UN Focal Point on delisting-related matters and re-establishing the Informal Working Group of the Security Council on General UNSC Sanctions Issues.
🇺🇳 Russia went to great lengths to enable the Security Council to be effective and responsive in its work. We encouraged our colleagues within the Council to come up with collective responses when dealing with challenges to peace and security, while seeking guidance from a holistic view of the purposes and principles set forth in the UN Charter and their inter-connected nature.
🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council (Almaty, June 21, 2024)
💬 At the meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, we focused on preparations for the CSTO Summit scheduled for November of this year in Astana. <...>
During the discussions on the state of affairs in the world, we paid special attention to the agenda related to shaping a Eurasian security architecture that will replace the discredited Euro-Atlantic security arrangements. President of Russia Vladimir Putin focused on this in his remarks at the Foreign Ministry on June 14. <...>
In the same Eurasian interaction context, we have agreed to build up cooperation and joint practical projects with the CIS and the SCO. Among other things, there is a shared interest in using these organisations’ potential for more effective anti-terrorist actions.
✔️ In the context of the fight against terrorism and new challenges and threats, we have approved a draft programme to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border. <...> It will be submitted for approval to the heads of state.
✍️ A document has been signed, which provides an additional impetus to the CSTO’s peacekeeping activities, including in cooperation with the UN peacekeeping operations. This is a very promising line. We see much potential there.
We have agreed to step up biosecurity efforts at the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and have created a coordination committee on the biological aspects of security. It is currently chaired by the Republic of Kazakhstan. <...>
🇺🇳 On July 19, Russia will chair a UN Security Council meeting in New York on the council’s cooperation with the #CSTO, #CIS and the #SCO. <...> We have invited CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov to speak at that meeting.
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🇷🇺🇰🇬 President Vladimir Putin arrives in Kyrgyzstan today, beginning his state visit set to continue until November 27.
During the state visit, the Leaders of Russia and Kyrgyzstan will discuss the further development of bilateral relations of strategic partnership and alliance across various areas. A Joint Statement by the Heads of State, as well as a number of intergovernmental and commercial documents, has been prepared for signing.
At the Session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, participants will review the results of cooperation within the Organization over 2025 and outline the main directions for improving the collective security system. Vladimir Putin will brief his colleagues on the priorities of Russia's chairmanship of the #CSTO in 2026.
#RussiaKyrgyzstan
🇷🇺🇧🇾 2 prilli shënon Ditën e Bashkimit të Popujve të Federatës Ruse dhe Republikës së Bjellorusisë
Më 2 prill 1996 — saktësisht 30 vjet më parë — u nënshkrua Traktati për Formimin e Bashkësisë së Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë, duke shënuar hapin e parë drejt krijimit të Shtetit Bashkimor të Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë.
Vetëm një vit më vonë, Traktati për Bashkësinë e Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë hyri në fuqi, dhe më 8 dhjetor 1999, u lidh Traktati për Krijimin e Shtetit Bashkimor.
Sot, brenda kuadrit të Shtetit Bashkimor, zbatohen programe në fushat e industrisë, energjisë, teknologjisë së informacionit e kështu me radhë.
💬 Presidenti i Rusisë, V.V. Putin në një mbledhje të Këshillit të Lartë Shtetëror të Shtetit Bashkimor (26 shkurt 2026):
Rusia dhe Bjellorusia bashkëpunojnë ngushtë, si aleatë, në fushat e politikës së jashtme dhe mbrojtjes.
Qasjet tona ndaj çështjeve të ngutshme në agjendën ndërkombëtare janë gjithmonë të ngjashme ose përkojnë. Ne përpiqemi vazhdimisht të marrim pjesë në mënyrë konstruktive në zgjidhjen e problemeve globale dhe rajonale, duke punuar krah për krah brenda #CSTO, #CIS, #SCO dhe platformave të tjera shumëpalëshe, përfshirë OKB-në. Së bashku, ne përballojmë presionin e sanksioneve dhe mbështesim krijimin e një bote me të vërtetë të drejtë, multipolare.
Duke nisur rrugën e integrimit në vitin 1996, Rusia dhe Bjellorusia kanë arritur rezultate mbresëlënëse në të gjitha fushat: nga krijimi i hapësirave të përbashkëta në sferat socio-ekonomike, të mbrojtjes, humanitare, të migracionit dhe të informacionit, deri te barazimi i të drejtave dhe mundësive të qytetarëve të vendeve tona.
☝️ Dita e Bashkimit të Popujve të Rusisë dhe Bjellorusisë riafirmon solidaritetin e dy kombeve tona vëllazërore dhe aspiratën tonë për të forcuar më tej bashkëpunimin tonë, i cili bazohet në tradita shekullore të miqësisë dhe lidhje të ngushta kulturore e shpirtërore.
Gëzuar festën, që simbolizon lidhjet e pathyeshme të miqësisë vëllazërore midis vendeve dhe popujve tanë!
📰 Artikull i Ministrit të Punëve të Jashtme të Federatës Ruse S.V.Lavrov "Gjysmë shekulli i Aktit të Helsinkit: Pritjet, Realiteti, Perspektivat" (1 gusht 2025)
Pika kryesore:
• Moska propozoi krijimin e një sistemi kolektiv sigurie në Evropë që në vitin 1954. Ish-aleatët tanë në koalicionin anti-hitlerian e hodhën poshtë këtë iniciativë. <...> Akti Final i Helsinkit (HFA), i miratuar më 1 gusht 1975, ishte rezultat i shumë viteve pune të palodhur.
• Të gjitha marrëveshjet kryesore të OSBE-së në fushën e kontrollit të armëve dhe masave të ndërtimit të besimit u shkatërruan nga vendet perëndimore. Rusia është përpjekur vazhdimisht t'i drejtohet ndërgjegjes së elitave perëndimore, duke ofruar për të zhvilluar garanci të besueshme sigurie bazuar në angazhimin themelor të rënë dakord brenda OSBE-së.
• Sot, Evropa është zhytur praktikisht plotësisht në një tërbim rusofobik, ndërsa militarizimi i saj po bëhet, në fakt, i pakontrollueshëm. Ka shumë fakte. <...> Sugjerohen paralele të drejtpërdrejta historike: Gjermania moderne, dhe në fakt e gjithë Evropa nën udhëheqësit aktualë, po degjenerojnë në diçka si "Rajhu i Katërt". Situata është më shumë se alarmante, dhe OSBE-ja vështirë se mund të ndihmojë.
• Në vitet e fundit, Perëndimi, pasi më në fund dhe hapur i ka përçmuar parimet e OSBE-së, është nisur në rrugën e shtypjes së konkurrentëve me anë të metodave të shtrëngimit ekonomik, duke përfshirë futjen e masave të paligjshme të njëanshme kundër Rusisë, Bjellorusisë dhe çdo vendi tjetër që përpiqet të mbrojë interesat e tij legjitime kombëtare. Një pikë përfundimtare është vënë në bashkëpunimin praktik midis Lindjes dhe Perëndimit përmes OSBE-së.
• Vëllimi i problemeve të akumuluara të OSBE-së është i madh. Nën barrën e tyre, ajo është shtyrë në periferi të proceseve ndërkombëtare. Nuk ka vend as për bashkëpunim dhe as për siguri në platformën e Vjenës.
• Sot, idetë e barazisë sovrane të shteteve dhe dialogut të tyre me respekt të ndërsjellë, të vrarë në OSBE, po mishërohen në projekte të bashkëpunimit shumëpalësh në #CSTO, #CIS, #SCO dhe shoqata të tjera rajonale në hapësirën euroaziatike.
❗️ OSBE-ja nuk ka të ardhme nëse vendet e NATO-s dhe BE-së më në fund e thyejnë rregullin e konsensusit dhe vazhdojnë ta përdorin platformën e Vjenës si pronë të tyre për një fushatë të gjerë propagandistike për të demonizuar Rusinë dhe vendet e tjera "të pasjellshme" dhe për të mbrojtur protezhetë e tyre në Kiev.
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🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a meeting of the Council of the #CSTO Parliamentary Assembly (Moscow, April 20, 2026)
💬 On January 1, 2026, Russia assumed the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Our tenure proceeds under the motto, Collective Security in a Multipolar World: Common Goal, Shared Responsibility.
In collaboration with our allies within the CSTO, we are intensifying efforts to uphold shared approaches to resolving international security issues. Much has already been articulated on this subject today. The foundational documents of the Organisation – and I wish to underscore this with particular emphasis – enshrine the principles of peaceful coexistence among states, the primacy of political and diplomatic methods of resolution, and adherence to the norms of international law, with the United Nations playing a central role.
I consider it of fundamental importance that, in the current period, as the West resorts more frequently and extensively to illegitimate use of force, neocolonial methods of diktat, and outright plunder, the CSTO countries are neither altering nor revising the aforementioned goals of their activities. We will not deviate from the universal norms of international law. On the contrary, we will counter attempts to undermine them and oppose efforts to impose lawlessness in global affairs, whilst upholding the universal norms of international law, above all the sovereign equality of states, as enshrined in the UN Charter. <...>
The Collective Security Treaty Organisation has established itself as an authoritative association of allied states whose activities are not directed against anyone, contain no aggressive aspirations, and are built exclusively in the interests of maintaining regional stability and the well-being of its member countries. <...>
Russia maintains continuity in advancing the principal vectors of our collaboration within the CSTO. We continue our work to implement the initiatives of the preceding chairmanship – that of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Our goal is to preserve the truth concerning our common struggle to liberate the world from Nazism and to perpetuate the heroic feat of the Soviet people, who defended the independence of their native land and liberated Europe and the world from the brown plague. <...>
We are continuing our course towards expanding our Organisation’s contacts with the Eurasian countries. Security in this geopolitical area and close interaction with integration associations within our shared space matters a lot to us.
Anyone who has been closely following recent developments is aware that threats in Eurasia are significantly up which requires us to make additional efforts. <...>
We must work with our closest neighbours and partners from the #CIS and the #SCO. The SCO has a substantial programme aimed at strengthening stability and security. Recently, the secretaries-general of the CSTO, the CIS, and the SCO approved a roadmap that provides for, among other things, holding joint conferences on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan in Moscow. <...>
We attach great importance to strengthening the Organisation’s military component. The programme of our chairmanship which was presented by President Putin places emphasis on increasing the combat potential of the CSTO’s collective forces and equipping them with modern and interoperable weapons and military equipment. <...>
We will pay special attention to the Organisation’s peacekeeping forces, including refining the regulatory framework governing CSTO participation in UN peacekeeping operations. <...>
We are likewise focusing on strengthening cooperation in international information security.
We intend to expand the toolset for jointly countering international terrorism and extremism, combatting terrorism financing, money laundering, drug trafficking, transnational organised crime, and illegal migration.
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 On July 1, Russia assumed the UN Security CouncilPresidency, which, pursuant to the UN Charter, bears the primary responsibility for finding effective responses to threats to international peace and security.
Three central events have been planned during the Russian presidency:
🗓July 16 – open ministerial-level debate on multilateral cooperation for a more just, democratic and sustainable world order.
🗓July 17 – open ministerial-level debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue.
🗓July 19 – debate in the Security Council on UN cooperation with the #CSTO, the #CIS and the #SCO.
The first two events will be chairedby Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
In general, the Council has a very busy agenda. The mandate-reporting cycle will include meetings on the situation in Haiti, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, West Africa and the Sahel region, Yemen, Cyprus, Colombia, Lebanon and Syria, as well as on the activities of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
The mandates of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti, the UN Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement and the Security Council sanctions regime against the Central African Republic are scheduled for renewal.
The agenda also includes discussions on implementing UN Security Council Resolution 2720 on the humanitarian mechanism for the Gaza Strip to be attended by the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag.
🇷🇺 The Russian Federation as a permanent member of the Security Council and a responsible participant in the international community, will traditionally make every effort to ensure a coherent and expeditious work of this agency. In this connection, Russia will urge its colleagues in the Security Council to seek common denominators, given due account of the interests of all the parties concerned.
#CSTO2026
🇷🇺On January 1, Russia is assuming the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (#CSTO)
❗️President of Russia Vladimir Putin recently presented the priorities of Russia’s chairmanship:
🔹 to consolidate the CSTO member states, shaping favourable conditions for their safe and steady development;
🔹 to improve the performance of the CSTO bodies;
🔹 to strengthen the role of interparliamentary cooperation in collective security;
🔹 to develop collective security resources with due consideration for the anticipated changes in global military and political affairs and in the CSTO collective security regions;
🔹 to expand cooperation in military medicine and biological threat protection;
🔹 to enhance the coordination of efforts to counter international terrorism and extremism, illegal drug and arms trafficking;
🔹 to advance the CSTO’s potential in combating transnational organised crime, the legalisation of criminal income, and the funding of terrorism;
🔹 to intensify cooperation in international cybersecurity;
🔹 to enhance efforts against illegal migration;
🔹 to prepare for the 2️⃣5️⃣th anniversary of the CSTO and the 3️⃣5️⃣th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty, both marked in 2027.
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👩🏻💻The official website of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship will be launched on January 1, with regular CSTO news and updates.
📹 We are also presenting a video marking the start of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship. We thank our colleagues from the Mir International Television and Radio Company for producing the video.
📰세르게이 라브로프 러시아 외무장관 기고문: 「헬싱키 협정 50년: 기대와 현실, 그리고 전망」
2025년 8월 1일자 «로시이스카야 가제타» 게재
💬 2025년, 우리는 대조국전쟁과 제2차 세계대전 승전 80주년을 기념하며, 조상들이 값비싼 대가로 쟁취한 평화의 중요성을 되새기고 있습니다. 그러나 우리는 이 평화의 구조가 얼마나 깨지기 쉬운 것인지도 잊지 말아야 하며, 그 완전성은 각 국가와 민족들이 얼마나 조율된 집단행동을 할 수 있는지에 달려 있습니다.
1945년 승리의 해에 주요국들은 인류의 미래를 위해서는 분열을 극복해야 한다는 것을 깨달았습니다. 그러한 깨달음의 중요한 결과 중 하나가 유엔의 창설이었습니다. 유엔 헌장의 목적과 원칙은 오늘날에도 여전히 시의성을 가지며, 새롭게 나타나는 다극주의의 현실에 부합합니다.
우리가 떠올릴 수 있는 또 하나의 국제적 사건은 정확히 50년 전 있었던 헬싱키에서의 유럽안보협력회의(CSCE) 최종의정서 서명입니다. 이 문서는 얄타-포츠담 합의에 기반한 전후 현실을 공고히 하는 중요한 이정표가 되었습니다.
☝️ 러시아의 적대자들은 헬싱키 프로세스에서 우리나라(당시 소련)의 주도적 역할에 대해 침묵하고, 소련 지도부가 설정했던 과업들을 왜곡하려고 합니다. 근거도 없이 단정적으로 우리를 유럽 안보 체제의 파괴자로 몰고 있습니다. 유럽연합과 나토국가 정치인들은 야만적인 사실 왜곡을 거리낌 없이 일삼으면서 제2차 세계대전의 결과를 수정하려 하고 있습니다.
주요 논점:
• 러시아는 이미 1954년에 유럽 내 집단안보 체제 구성을 제안했지만 당시 반히틀러 연합 동맹국들은 이 제안을 거부했습니다. 헬싱키 협정은 수년에 걸친 치열한 노력의 결과였습니다.
• 군비통제 및 신뢰강화 조치와 관련하여 OSCE 체제 하에서 체결된 모든 주요 합의는 서방 국가들에 의해 망가졌습니다. 러시아는 여러 차례 서방 엘리트의 양심에 호소하며 OSCE에서 합의된 기본 의무를 기반으로 신뢰할 수 있는 안보 보장안을 도출할 것을 제안해 왔습니다.
• 현재 유럽은 사실상 완전히 반러 광기에 빠져 있으며, 유럽의 군사화는 본질적으로 통제 불가능한 수준에 이르렀습니다. 증거는 충분합니다. <…> 지금의 독일, 나아가 유럽 전체는 현 정부 하에서 ‘제4제국’과 같은 형태로 전락하며 역사적 평행선을 달리고 있습니다. 상황은 매우 심각하고, OSCE는 무력합니다.
• 최근 몇 년간 서방은 OSCE의 원칙을 노골적으로 무시하면서 러시아와 벨라루스, 그리고 자국의 합법적 국가 이익을 지키려는 다른 모든 국가들에 대한 일방적 불법 제재를 도입하는 등 경제적 강압 조치로 경쟁자들을 억압하기 시작했습니다. OSCE를 통한 실질적 동서 협력은 완전히 중단되었습니다.
• OSCE는 산적한 문제들을 안고 있습니다. 그 무게에 짓눌려 이 기구는 국제적 프로세스에서 변방으로 밀려났습니다. 빈에는 더 이상 협력도, 안보도 존재하지 않습니다. 헬싱키 협정의 구상자들이 기대했던 범유럽 프로세스의 미래는 이런 모습이 아니었습니다. 이 기구의 존재 가치에 대해 진지하게 고민해야 할 시점입니다.
• 오늘날 OSCE에서 사라진 국가간 주권 평등과 상호 존중 대화의 이념은 #CSTO, #CIS, #SCO 및 기타 유라시아 지역 기구들을 통해 구현되고 있습니다.
❗️러시아는 현대적 도전에 발맞춰 유라시아 내 유연하고 안정적인 ‘평등하고 불가분한 안보 및 협력 구조’ 형성을 전략적 목표로 삼고 있습니다.
• NATO 및 EU 국가들이 끝내 컨센서스 원칙을 파괴하고 빈 회의장을 마치 개인 사유물처럼 사용하며 러시아 및 ‘불복종 국가들’을 악마화하고 키예프 정권을 옹호하는 선전 캠페인을 계속하는 한, OSCE에는 미래가 없습니다.
🎙 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement at a meeting of the Council of the #CSTO Parliamentary Assembly (Moscow, April 20, 2026)
💬 On January 1, 2026, Russia assumed the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Our tenure proceeds under the motto, Collective Security in a Multipolar World: Common Goal, Shared Responsibility.
In collaboration with our allies within the CSTO, we are intensifying efforts to uphold shared approaches to resolving international security issues. Much has already been articulated on this subject today. The foundational documents of the Organisation – and I wish to underscore this with particular emphasis – enshrine the principles of peaceful coexistence among states, the primacy of political and diplomatic methods of resolution, and adherence to the norms of international law, with the United Nations playing a central role.
I consider it of fundamental importance that, in the current period, as the West resorts more frequently and extensively to illegitimate use of force, neocolonial methods of diktat, and outright plunder, the CSTO countries are neither altering nor revising the aforementioned goals of their activities. We will not deviate from the universal norms of international law. On the contrary, we will counter attempts to undermine them and oppose efforts to impose lawlessness in global affairs, whilst upholding the universal norms of international law, above all the sovereign equality of states, as enshrined in the UN Charter. <...>
The Collective Security Treaty Organisation has established itself as an authoritative association of allied states whose activities are not directed against anyone, contain no aggressive aspirations, and are built exclusively in the interests of maintaining regional stability and the well-being of its member countries. <...>
Russia maintains continuity in advancing the principal vectors of our collaboration within the CSTO. We continue our work to implement the initiatives of the preceding chairmanship – that of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Our goal is to preserve the truth concerning our common struggle to liberate the world from Nazism and to perpetuate the heroic feat of the Soviet people, who defended the independence of their native land and liberated Europe and the world from the brown plague. <...>
We are continuing our course towards expanding our Organisation’s contacts with the Eurasian countries. Security in this geopolitical area and close interaction with integration associations within our shared space matters a lot to us.
Anyone who has been closely following recent developments is aware that threats in Eurasia are significantly up which requires us to make additional efforts. <...>
We must work with our closest neighbours and partners from the #CIS and the #SCO. The SCO has a substantial programme aimed at strengthening stability and security. Recently, the secretaries-general of the CSTO, the CIS, and the SCO approved a roadmap that provides for, among other things, holding joint conferences on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan in Moscow. <...>
We attach great importance to strengthening the Organisation’s military component. The programme of our chairmanship which was presented by President Putin places emphasis on increasing the combat potential of the CSTO’s collective forces and equipping them with modern and interoperable weapons and military equipment. <...>
We will pay special attention to the Organisation’s peacekeeping forces, including refining the regulatory framework governing CSTO participation in UN peacekeeping operations. <...>
We are likewise focusing on strengthening cooperation in international information security.
We intend to expand the toolset for jointly countering international terrorism and extremism, combatting terrorism financing, money laundering, drug trafficking, transnational organised crime, and illegal migration.
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🎙Remarks by Head of the Russian delegation Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov at the 66th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
📍 Vienna, March 13, 2023
💬 The world is going through dramatic transformations in many areas. It is clearer than ever now that the expansion of global drug trafficking is a common threat and fighting it is our joint responsibility.
🤝 We welcome the determination of individual groups of countries and associations such as Central Asia and #ASEAN to create drug-free regions.
We note with satisfaction that in recent years the #SCO has significantly built up its drug-combating capacity and continues to build, in conjunction with the #CSTO, the #CIS and CARICC, a barrier on the northern route that is used for smuggling Afghan drugs to Europe.
⚠️ Unfortunately, not all states are willing to act responsibly when it comes to fighting drug abuse. For several years now, we have been witnessing a small group of Western countries acting as if they are entitled to not follow the corresponding conventions. Today, we are talking not only about legalising supposedly less harmful cannabis, but also about lifting bans on the use of dangerous substances such as methamphetamine and heroin.
Everyone can see the results of this thoughtless policy of permissiveness. It is no coincidence that these countries are faced with an opioid crisis involving an unprecedented number of fatalities.
Does this sound like concern for public health?
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