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#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. *** 👩🏻‍💻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. Read in full

🎙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? Read in full

🎙세르게이 라브로프 러시아 외무장관의 집단안보조약기구 의회총회 이사회 회의 연설 (모스크바, 2026년 4월 20일) 💬 2026년 1월 1일부터 러시아는 집단안보조약기구(CSTO) 의장국을 맡게 되었습니다. 우리의 의장국 활동은 “다극화 세계에서의 집단안보: 하나의 목표, 공동의 책임”이라는 표어 아래 수행되고 있습니다. 우리는 CSTO 동맹국들과 함께 국제안보 문제 해결에 관한 공동의 접근법을 지키기 위한 노력을 강화하고 있습니다. 오늘 이에 관해 이미 많은 논의가 있었습니다. CSTO의 기본 문서에는 국가들의 평화공존, 정치·외교적 해결 수단의 우선, 그리고 UN의 중심적 역할 하에 국제법 규범을 준수한다는 원칙들이 명시되어 있습니다. 서방이 점점 더 빈번하고 광범위하게 비합법적인 무력 사용, 신식민주의적 강압 방식, 그리고 노골적인 약탈에 의존하고 있는 현 시점에 CSTO 회원국들이 앞서 언급한 활동 목표를 변경하거나 재검토하지 않고 있다는 점은 대단히 중요하다고 생각합니다. 우리는 국제법의 보편적 규범으로부터 벗어나지 않을 것입니다. 오히려 그것들을 훼손하려는 시도와 국제 문제에 무법을 강요하려는 시도에 맞서 대응할 것이며, 무엇보다도 UN 헌장에 명시된 국가들의 주권평등을 비롯한 국제법의 보편적 규범들을 수호할 것입니다. <...> 집단안보조약기구는 특정 국가를 겨냥하거나, 그 기반에 어떠한 공격적 의도를 두지 않았으며, 오로지 지역의 안정과 회원국들의 번영을 유지하기 위한 목적 아래 형성된 권위 있는 동맹국가들의 연합체입니다. <...> 러시아는 CSTO의 주요 협력 방향 발전을 계승하고 있습니다. 우리는 전임 의장국인 키르기스공화국의 제안들을 이행하기 위한 작업을 계속하고 있습니다. 우리의 목표는 나치즘으로부터 세계를 해방하기 위한 공동 투쟁의 진실을 보존하고, 조국의 독립을 수호하며 유럽과 세계를 “갈색 역병”으로부터 해방한 소비에트 인민의 위업을 영구히 기리는 것입니다. <...> 우리는 CSTO의 대외 접촉을 계속해서 확대하고 있으며, 무엇보다도 유라시아 국가들과의 접촉 확대에 중점을 두고 있습니다. 우리에게 중요한 것은 바로 이곳, 이 지정학적 공간에서, 우리 공동 공간의 통합 연합체들과 함께 하는 안보입니다. 최근의 사태 전개를 주의 깊게 지켜보는 사람이라면 누구나 알 수 있듯이, 유라시아에서의 위협은 현저히 증대하고 있습니다. 이는 우리에게 추가적인 노력을 요구합니다. <...> 우리는 가장 가까운 이웃들, 즉 #CIS와#SCO 국가들의 파트너들과 협력해야 합니다. SCO에는 안정과 안보 강화 분야의 상당히 본격적인 프로그램이 존재합니다. 최근 #CSTO, CIS, SCO의 세 사무총장은 중앙아시아와 아프가니스탄의 안보 문제에 관한 모스크바 공동 회의를 개최하는 내용 등을 담은 로드맵을 승인하였습니다. <...> 우리는 CSTO의 군사적 역량 강화에 중요한 의미를 부여하고 있습니다. 푸틴 러시아 대통령이 제시한 우리 의장국 프로그램은 CSTO 집단군의 전투 역량을 강화하고, 현대적이고 상호운용 가능한 무기 및 군사장비를 갖추는 데 중점을 두고 있습니다. 이러한 작업은 현대 무력분쟁의 경험을 반영하면서, 현재와 미래의 도전 과제의 성격에 맞추어 추진되고 있습니다. <...> 우리는 CSTO의 UN 평화유지활동 참여를 규율하는 규범적 기반을 보완하는 등 CSTO의 평화유지군에 각별한 관심을 기울일 것입니다. <...> 우리는 국제정보안보 분야에서의 회원국 간 관계 강화에도 주의를 기울이고 있습니다. 우리는 국제테러리즘 및 극단주의에 공동 대응하고, 테러자금 조달, 범죄수익 세탁, 마약 유통, 초국가적 조직범죄, 불법 이주에 맞서기 위한 대응 수단을 확대할 방침입니다.

🇷🇺🇰🇿 Following the informal meeting of CIS leaders,Russia's President Vladimir Putinheld a bilateral meeting with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev(December 22, 2025) 💬Vladimir Putin: Mr Tokayev, We began working together yesterday, and today we had the opportunity to devote half a day to informal discussions of our joint work within the #CSTO, the #CIS, and on bilateral matters. However, I am pleased to have the opportunity to meet with you separately and to discuss the issues that both you and I regard as priorities for the development of bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and Russia. Overall, in my view, the situation is developing positively in virtually all areas. We do not have a single contentious or difficult issue, although, of course, at this level of interaction there are always many practical questions to address. I very much value the opportunity to discuss all of these matters with you. #RussiaKazakhstan

🎙Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement following a high-level Plenary Session of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security(Minsk, October 28, 2025) Read in full 💬Sergey Lavrov: The conference is steadily moving towards becoming a promising discussion and expert platform to develop concrete recommendations. From my standpoint, the fact that delegates from public authorities, as well as experts, political scientists, and civil society figures have come together for this event is important and makes it possible to leverage ideas coming from civil society that genuinely resonate with the people. An increasing number of people across the Eurasian continent recognise the importance of removing obstacles that are being artificially put up on the way towards sustainable, independent, and effective economic growth, improvements in the social sphere, and logistical infrastructure of this vast and resource-rich continent. President Lukashenko’s speech was followed by speeches delivered by foreign ministers of Hungary, Myanmar, and the DPRK, as well as the Special Representative of China for Eurasian Affairs. Still to come are speeches by ranking representatives from India, Iran, the UAE, Cambodia, and secretaries general of the #SCO, the #CSTO, and the #CICA. Over time, these integration groups will, through the natural process of restoring connections and developing joint projects, eventually become part of Eurasian architecture relying on an economic foundation and a logistical dimension, which is a solid basis for building security architecture. Forty-eight delegations are represented here. The participants will use various panels to discuss every angle of the pressing goals of Eurasian development. We are doing our best to promote President Putin’s initiative to create Eurasian security architecture within the context of our efforts to create the Greater Eurasian Partnership. We are using this tentative term to make sure the continent has platforms it can use to freely discuss, examine and bounce ideas off one another. You may have heard our statement. Many in the West recognise the importance of Eurasia, but the problem is that Western countries, primarily, NATO members are not ready to engage on an equal footing or to seek forms of pan-continental cooperation based on equality and indivisible security across our common geopolitical space. On the contrary, they want NATO bodies to spread across the entire continent, including the Pacific, where NATO seeks to create military-political alliance-like closed blocs with a limited number of participants, thus eroding the universal and open architecture that it took the ASEAN countries decades to build. All interested countries were welcome to be part of that architecture and use its various mechanisms. Efforts are being deployed to reverse this process and to subordinate ongoing developments in Eurasia to the interests of the North Atlantic Alliance. These interests are, above all, about containing China, Russia, and the DPRK and, in the long run, any other country that may wish to assert its right to pursue an independent policy based on national interests. In closing, I would like to point out that our Belarusian friends have put forward an initiative to draft a Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century. We strongly support this idea. Several countries said they were willing to participate in drafting this document. This process will take time, but the goal has been set, and a growing number of countries share it. We will keep moving towards this goal.

🎙 FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions from teachers and students of the Armenian branches of Russian universities, members of the expert community, and activists of the youth wing of the Eurasia Autonomous Non-Profit Organisation (Yerevan, May 21, 2025) 💬 Subsequent to the meeting between President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in autumn 2024 – during which our leaders resolved to reinstate comprehensive contacts across all areas, as these had, to a certain degree, lapsed somewhat in the period preceding their discussions – and in accordance with the leaders’ understanding, I received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan who visited Moscow in January. We are now here on a reciprocal visit. We are engaging in the frankest discussions – not only on matters positively received by both capitals and conducive to expanding mutually beneficial projects, but also on issues where our perspectives diverge. This includes, notably, the processes unfolding in the South Caucasus, where, broadly speaking, two trends are in contention. The first trend involves respecting the sovereign choices of the countries situated here – the nations of the South Caucasus, Transcaucasia – Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – while also acknowledging the legitimate interests of their immediate neighbours: Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. <...> The second trend is precisely that our Western counterparts – primarily the European Union, <...> openly sought to extend their dominant influence over this region, to bend unfolding processes to their will, and to prevent the consolidation of the three South Caucasus states with their major neighbours – Russia, Iran, and Türkiye. This objective persists. This trend, this modus operandi of our Western colleagues, is not unique to the South Caucasus but extends to Central Asia and other parts of our vast, shared continent. <...> In contrast, our stance is based on equality, mutual respect and, above all, the principles that have been set out in the UN Charter and are approved by everyone without exception. <...> The promise not to expand NATO has been thrown down the drain. <...> We have warned them over the past 20 years, almost on the daily basis, that all this could come to grief. But after the 2014 coup d’etat, they began converting Ukraine to an “anti-Russia.” <...> So now, when they tell us: Let us have a ceasefire and then we’ll see, we say: No way, guys, we have been through it all before. We don’t want it that way any longer. And so today, when all these Macrons, Starmers, Ursulas von der Leyen, and other European characters are writhing in hysterics and urging the US to join the anti-Russia crusade and increase the number of sanctions, this is a complete giveaway for them. *** Geopolitics and geography alike underscore the necessity of building bridges among all nations across the Eurasian continent. This means, first and foremost, fostering cooperation among the existing regional structures: the #SCO, the #EAEU, the #CSTO, the #CIS, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the GCC, and ASEAN. <...> However, there are those who are intent on preventing such a mutually beneficial unification of the countries across Eurasia, including those in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. Nevertheless, we continue to advance this effort. Russia's President Vladimir Putin has proposed the creation of a Greater Eurasian Partnership, rooted in practical cooperation and the interaction of existing integration structures, which would serve as the foundation for a future Eurasian security architecture. <...> 🤝 We anticipate that Armenia will take part in these processes. We fully respect the desire of our Armenian partners to develop relations with other countries, whether European or non-European, and with international organisations across various regions. Read in full

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues(Moscow, May 28, 2025) Key talking points: 💬 Global South and East countries are becoming increasingly vocal when discussing and addressing the most urgent and key challenges the world is facing today. This reflects a tectonic shift in international politics, which took place over the past years and continues to this day. It primarily consists of an accelerated emergence of a multipolar world order, as well as new centres of development across the Eurasian continent, Africa and Latin America taking on a bigger role in the global distribution of power. • #BRICS exemplifies constructive multilateral cooperation among major international actors and their partners representing various continents, cultures and religions. It has firmly established itself as one of the pillars of a multipolar world order and a champion of the Global Majority on the international stage. • Upholding international law and seeking guidance from the principles of equality and neighbourly relations, as well as mutual respect and taking into account each other’s interests guarantees peace and stability. • The conflict in Ukraine (and more fundamentally, the profound security crisis across Europe) was triggered precisely by NATO’s aggressive eastward expansion over decades that was in direct contravention of the solemn assurances by American and European leaders to both Soviet and Russian leadership regarding the alliance’s non-expansion. • The alliance [NATO] is now taking steps to operate outside its area of responsibility, seeking to move into the Asia-Pacific region — the Indo-Pacific, as they call it — threatening to undermine the #ASEAN-centric security architecture that has developed there over decades and allowed the countries in the region and their partners in different parts of the world to successfully cooperate. This causes deep concern for the future of ASEAN and the future well-being of its member states. • We advocate for the creation, under current conditions, of a global security architecture rooted in the objective trends of multipolarity, the emergence of new growth centres, and one that guarantees equal conditions for the peaceful development of all states without exception. <...> The foundation for this already exists – the UN Charter. What is required is for all to adhere to it in good faith. • A crucial step towards the goal of global security is the formation of an architecture of equal and indivisible security on the Eurasian continent — the most expansive and resource-rich region, the stability of which underpins the resilience of a multipolar world. • Russia does not seek to impose anything on anyone and is ready to engage in mutually respectful dialogue with everyone. We will keep perfecting the existing security mechanisms and put them to use as part of our engagement with the #CSTO, #CIS, and the #SCO. • As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia is aware of the responsibility it has for international relations in all their aspects on the international stage, including in terms of promoting peace, strategic stability, conflict settlement and a unifying agenda. Read in full

🗓 Observed on June 26, the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was established as per UN General Assembly Resolution 42/112 in 1987. On this day, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has a tradition of releasing its annual World Drug Report. It has shown that the situation regarding narcotic drugs around the world has been deteriorating. ☝️Russia views countering the drug threat as one of its priorities in terms of ensuring national security with the corresponding provisions set forth in the State Anti-Narcotics Policy Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2030. In accordance with these provisions, Russia has been consistent in its efforts to promote a comprehensive and balanced approach combining effective law enforcement initiatives with evidence-based drug abuse prevention, treatment and rehabilitation policies for drug users. Having all states coordinate their efforts is the only possible pathway for overcoming the existing drug-related challenges. Three dedicated UN conventions adopted in 1961, 1971, and 1988 offer a solid foundation for facilitating ties in this domain. These instruments have proven their worth and remain relevant. The Russian Federation insists that revising these fundamental documents would be unacceptable, including in terms of legalising controlled substances. Russia believes that legislative initiatives in several countries to end bans and enact government regulations with the view to enabling people to use narcotics for non-medical purposes would not only have a negative bearing on the way the public views drug-related risks, but also constitutes a blatant violation of these conventions. ❗️ The Russian Federation insists that it is essential for the international community to promote constructive cooperation that is not guided by a political agenda or vested political interests, including within the relevant platforms. As a responsible member of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Russia continues to proactively contribute to developing a global drug policy and supports other countries in their commitment to do away with the narcotics issue. Russia praises its partners within the #CIS, the #SCO, the #CSTO, #ASEAN and #BRICS for their cooperation on the anti-narcotics agenda which consists of ensuring strict compliance with the relevant conventions and resolving the global narcotics issue. Russia is committed to performing its obligations in good faith, as confirmed by our country’s efforts to work with international organisations on a wide range of projects to this effect. The recent achievements in this sphere include launching a UNODC-sponsored career enhancement course for officers from Egypt’s anti-narcotics administration at the Siberian Institute of Law of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation in Krasnoyarsk. The Russian Federation will continue to act as a donor in this sector by offering its partners in Central Asia, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan and other regions educational projects on law enforcement matters, as well as working with young people to prevent drug abuse. Russia attaches special importance and attention to the availability of controlled substances for medical and research purposes, which is especially relevant for developing countries. Our country provides financial support to the International Narcotics Control Board, enabling it to hold regular training sessions on this topic across the world. The latest event of this kind took place in January 2025 and included ten countries in East Africa and the Horn of Africa. It generated a lot of enthusiasm among its participants. 🤝 Russia reaffirms its commitment to expanding its cooperation and promoting constructive dialogue with all the interested parties in order to unite like-minded actors in a consolidated effort to preserve the existing global drug-control framework and build a society free from drug abuse.

🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the 13th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues(Moscow, May 28, 2025) Key talking points: 💬 Global South and East countries are becoming increasingly vocal when discussing and addressing the most urgent and key challenges the world is facing today. This reflects a tectonic shift in international politics, which took place over the past years and continues to this day. It primarily consists of an accelerated emergence of a multipolar world order, as well as new centres of development across the Eurasian continent, Africa and Latin America taking on a bigger role in the global distribution of power. • #BRICS exemplifies constructive multilateral cooperation among major international actors and their partners representing various continents, cultures and religions. It has firmly established itself as one of the pillars of a multipolar world order and a champion of the Global Majority on the international stage. • Upholding international law and seeking guidance from the principles of equality and neighbourly relations, as well as mutual respect and taking into account each other’s interests guarantees peace and stability. • The conflict in Ukraine (and more fundamentally, the profound security crisis across Europe) was triggered precisely by NATO’s aggressive eastward expansion over decades that was in direct contravention of the solemn assurances by American and European leaders to both Soviet and Russian leadership regarding the alliance’s non-expansion. • The alliance [NATO] is now taking steps to operate outside its area of responsibility, seeking to move into the Asia-Pacific region — the Indo-Pacific, as they call it — threatening to undermine the #ASEAN-centric security architecture that has developed there over decades and allowed the countries in the region and their partners in different parts of the world to successfully cooperate. This causes deep concern for the future of ASEAN and the future well-being of its member states. • We advocate for the creation, under current conditions, of a global security architecture rooted in the objective trends of multipolarity, the emergence of new growth centres, and one that guarantees equal conditions for the peaceful development of all states without exception. <...> The foundation for this already exists – the UN Charter. What is required is for all to adhere to it in good faith. • A crucial step towards the goal of global security is the formation of an architecture of equal and indivisible security on the Eurasian continent — the most expansive and resource-rich region, the stability of which underpins the resilience of a multipolar world. • Russia does not seek to impose anything on anyone and is ready to engage in mutually respectful dialogue with everyone. We will keep perfecting the existing security mechanisms and put them to use as part of our engagement with the #CSTO, #CIS, and the #SCO. • As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia is aware of the responsibility it has for international relations in all their aspects on the international stage, including in terms of promoting peace, strategic stability, conflict settlement and a unifying agenda. Read in full

🎙 Fjalimi dhe përgjigjet e pyetjeve të Ministrit të Punëve të Jashtme të Federatës Ruse S.V.Lavrov gjatë “orës së qeverisë” në Dumën e Shtetit (Moskë, 19 shkurt 2025) 💬 S.V.Lavrov: Detyra kryesore e shërbimit tonë diplomatik ishte dhe mbetet, siç parashikohet në të gjitha versionet e Konceptit të Politikës së Jashtme (përfshirë atë më të fundit të datës 31 mars 2023), të promovojë krijimin e kushteve të jashtme të favorshme, të sigurta për të garantuar zhvillimin progresiv të vendit tonë, sovranitetin e tij ekonomik dhe teknologjik dhe rritjen e mirëqenies dhe cilësisë së jetës së qytetarëve rusë. <...> 🌐 Lëvizja kryesore në fazën aktuale mbetet lëvizja drejt një rendi botëror shumëpolar. Ky është një proces historik në shkallë, i shoqëruar me tendenca objektive të shfaqjes në hartën botërore të qendrave të reja të pushtetit nga vendet e Shumicës Botërore. <...> 🤝 Ndër prioritetet tona rajonale është forcimi i “brezit të fqinjësisë së mirë” përmes integrimit të qëndrueshëm me fqinjët tanë dhe ruajtjen e stabilitetit në Euroazinë e Madhe. Ne po e zgjidhim këtë problem si në baza dypalëshe me shtetet përkatëse, ashtu edhe në kuadër të strukturave të tilla si #CSTO, #CIS, #EAEU, #SCO dhe struktura të tjera shumëpalëshe. Më 14 korrik 2023, Presidenti V.V.Putin, gjatë fjalimit në Ministrinë e Punëve të Jashtme, paraqiti një iniciativë strategjike të krijimit të një arkitekture sigurie euroaziatike për të zëvendësuar modelin e falimentuar euro-atlantik. Arkitektura euroaziatike do të jetë e hapur për të gjitha shtetet e bashkimit të të gjithë kontinentit tonë, përfshirë edhe pjesën evropiane të tij. Ne besojmë se të gjithë duhet të kenë mundësinë të kontribuojnë në mirëqenien e një kontinenti të përbashkët dhe të vetëm. Më i madhi, më i populluari dhe, ndoshta, më premtuesi për sa i përket zhvillimit ekonomik. Ky vit shënohet me 80 vjetorin e Fitores së Madhe dhe 80 vjetorin e krijimit të OKB-së. Si më parë, ne do t'i kushtojmë vëmendje të vazhdueshme bashkimit të përpjekjeve ndërkombëtare për të luftuar çdo manifestim të neo-nazizmit, rusofobisë dhe formave të tjera të intolerancës racore dhe fetare. <...> ❗️ Nënvizoj se linja e politikës së jashtme e miratuar nga Presidenti i Federatës Ruse V.V.Putin ka një natyrë afatgjatë, strategjike. Ajo nuk i nënshtrohet konjiunkturës së brendshme politike dhe nuk varet nga tekat e keqbërësve tanë. Lexoni të plotë