Overview

• Marking the CSTO’s 23rd anniversary, the Foreign Ministry said the alliance has repeatedly proven effective in maintaining security across Eurasia.
• Officials listed terrorism, extremism, illicit drug and arms trafficking, transnational organized crime, and illegal migration as core challenges.
• A Security Council committee called for stronger internal coordination, improved cooperation mechanisms, and the development of preventive response tools.
• Participants pressed for deeper engagement with other states and organizations, pointing to roadmaps to intensify links with the CIS and the SCO.
• Meeting summaries described the CSTO as a key, and on most parameters the only, interstate body able to safeguard members and areas adjacent to its collective responsibility zones.