A nuclear threat within the borders of the CSTO - the organization warned about the plans of several NATO countries.
Some NATO member states intend to deploy their nuclear arsenals and delivery systems on the western borders of the CSTO's Eastern European Collective Security Area. This is what the organization's Secretary General Talatbek Mesdikov said at the International Forum for Collective Security in Moscow.
According to him, the implementation of such programs could lead to an unprecedented worsening of the situation in Central and Eastern Europe. The Secretary General also pointed to the use of information technologies and proxy warfare methods by Western countries in geopolitical rivalry.
The CSTO is particularly concerned about the new arms race, in which artificial intelligence is increasingly being used, including in the creation of autonomous combat systems. Mesdikov warned that the lack of international legal norms regulating the use of such technologies increases the risk of conflicts expanding. Another danger arises as a result of the possibility that the latest developments will fall into the hands of terrorist and criminal groups.