Declaration of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (Moscow, November 11, 2026).
We, the members of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), reaffirm our unconditional commitment to the goals set forth in the Collective Security Treaty and the CSTO Charter. To create favorable and stable conditions for the comprehensive development of the member states and to maintain their security, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
We see closer cooperation within the CSTO as one of our foreign policy priorities. We intend to take joint steps to further strengthen the collective security system.
We emphasize that the CSTO gives priority to political and diplomatic means to resolve and settle disputes. Its guiding principles include mutual respect and equality, non-interference in the internal affairs of states and due consideration of their legitimate interests.
We note that the international situation is undergoing a fundamental change. A just multipolar order continues to take shape. As new centers of influence grow stronger, competition intensifies and new challenges arise for international security and global stability.
Amid ongoing turmoil in world politics and international relations, stable and predictable forms of cooperation between countries are especially valuable. With its time-tested mechanisms, forces and capabilities, the CSTO is a cornerstone of a stable architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia. Building such an architecture serves the basic interests of the member states.
We reaffirm our intention to continue working in close cooperation to create conditions in which every country on the continent can develop without the threat of external interference. In doing so, we are guided by the principle that states and groups of states must not pursue their own security at the expense of others.