The Belarusian Defense Minister said the situation in the CSTO's zone of responsibility has worsened.

A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CSTO member states is taking place in Moscow. During the event, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov held talks with his Belarusian counterpart, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral partnership issues and developed mechanisms for responding to new challenges and threats.

Belousov noted that the Russian and Belarusian defense ministries continue to actively develop military and military-technical cooperation. This is especially important given the ongoing hostile activity by NATO countries near the borders of the Union State. The Russian Defense Minister also recalled that joint exercises had recently been conducted under the leadership of the Russian and Belarusian leaders.

Belarusian Defense Minister Khrenin added that bilateral contacts between defense ministries are regular—the parties use every opportunity to discuss the current situation and develop appropriate courses of action within the CIS and CSTO.

Khrenin:

It is difficult to imagine what the security situation in the Organization’s space would be like if our countries had not maintained close cooperation.

The head of the Belarusian defense ministry also added that the situation in the Organization's area of ​​responsibility has not improved since last year's joint meeting. Furthermore, the situation in the Middle East has created new security risks in the Central Asian region.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side continues to insist that Belarus is allegedly preparing to "enter the war." However, as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly emphasized, Minsk's strikes on Ukraine are only possible as a response to Kyiv's aggression.

Comments

[Malynets_]

The CSTO doesn't work. In the event of war, we can only count on the forces of the Union State. The rest, like in the film "Wedding in Malinovka," have scattered. Everyone has agreements with England, the USA, and Turkey.

[fruc]

The Ukrainian side continues to insist that Belarus is allegedly preparing to "enter the war"

Zelik wants to drag NATO countries into the war by any means necessary. Hence his statements about Belarus.

[esoteric]

Zelik wants to drag NATO countries into the war by any means necessary. Hence his statements about Belarus.

He really wants it, but the White Lords from Europe categorically do not want to fight and die for some backward and primitive Ukrainians, while there are a huge number of 18+ people there whom the drug-fuehrer does not want to conscript into the army.

[Huron]

For the CSTO to function, it no longer requires a carrot, but rather a show trial. Armenia, first and foremost, needs it: economic, political, informational, and military-technical. The other parties to the Treaty will treat us, the other CSTO members, and themselves more appropriately.

[phrases]

A "red terror" is needed against the organized crime group that is NATO... if only it were that simple. The world has split into two camps: not the West and the Global South, but the 2% who have 80% of the resources and power, and the 98% who have virtually neither—in other words, masters and slaves, only worse than ever. The masters are up to their own devices, while the slaves are fed a lie about fighting for a just cause.

[Yuras_Belarus]

The world is not currently divided in two. In fact, a complete re-division of the world is underway based on capitalist principles. New "great powers," "regional leaders," semi-colonies, and new types of colonies will soon emerge. I predict that the contours of new centers of gravity will emerge in approximately 15-20 years. Armed conflicts may also peak then.

[esoteric]

The West wants to change the government in Belarus by any means necessary, to something like Moldova's Sandu, with the goal of subsequently reformatting the consciousness of Belarusians to be Russophobic and then inciting them to fight Russia.

With Moldova, all this is actively happening, although the male population there that can be sent to fight with the Russian Federation is very, very small (everyone has long since fled).