CSTO Discusses Greater Eurasian Security Cooperation in Minsk

Dragon Media News Desk

Officials and experts from member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have discussed developing a new security architecture in Greater Eurasia and strengthening cooperation to address traditional and emerging challenges.

A working session titled “The CSTO in Greater Eurasia: Current Status and Prospects” was held in Minsk on November 4 as part of the Fourth Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. Participants included Alexander Neverovsky, First Deputy State Secretary of Belarus’s Security Council; Alexander Venediktov, Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council; and CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov.

Former CSTO secretaries general Imangali Tasmagambetov and Nikolay Bordyuzha, CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Executive Secretary Sergey Pospelov, members of the organisation’s Permanent Council and academic and security experts from several countries also took part. Discussions covered closer cooperation among expert communities across Eurasia and the development of effective mechanisms to address shared challenges.

The session presented an analytical report titled “The CSTO as a Space for Security and Development: Prospects for Interplatform Cooperation.” It was jointly prepared by the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Centre for Social Conservative Policy and the CSTO Secretariat. The report outlined opportunities for multilateral cooperation on regional security and development.