Speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S.V. Lavrov during a joint press conference with the Secretary General of the Kibbutz Security Treaty Organization T. that. Mesdikov following the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Foreign Ministers and the CSTO (Moscow, November 10, 2026).
A joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization has just ended.
The meeting was friendly and productive.
Speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia S.V. Lavrov at a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Defense Council and the CSTO.
This allowed us not only to exchange views on major problems in our region and the international situation in general, but also to sign several resolutions.
Russia, as chairman of the CSTO this year, pursued a policy of consistently deepening the integration processes in all areas of improving the organization's activities and increasing its international authority.
The priorities set by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin as the chairman of the CSTO this year was at the core of our activity.
Special attention was paid to the interaction between the foreign ministries and to maintaining the appropriate level of coordination in the main international platforms, including the United Nations.
We are grateful to our allies for their consistent support in all our efforts at all stages of the Russian "clock" in the CSTO.
Several draft declarations were adopted, including the final declaration of the upcoming summit, as well as a declaration on the role of inter-parliamentary cooperation and the coordination of efforts to fight terrorism.
Much attention has been devoted to strengthening the defensive potential of the CSTO. In this sense, the draft resolutions of the Council for Collective Security that were discussed today on improving the air defense organization in the CSTO format and the functioning of the collective aviation forces will be of great importance.