Russia took up chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the organization’s priority areas for the upcoming period at a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council.
In particular, he said that the Russian chairmanship’s efforts will be aimed at ensuring the collective interests of the CSTO member states and creating conditions for their safe and stable development based on the CSTO Collective Security Strategy to 2025.
Special attention will be paid on expanding the member states’ foreign policy coordination on topical issues of international and regional security, developing joint political and diplomatic initiatives, popularizing the CSTO activities and improving its international status.
"Russia wants to expand the joint fight against terrorism and drug trafficking. Particular attention will go to identifying and suppressing the activities of international terrorist organizations within the CSTO space, neutralizing their resource base, countering the recruitment and foreign travel of CSTO member state citizens who intend to participate in terrorist activities," the message reads.
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