President partakes in CSTO summit in Bishkek

28 ноября 2019
The leaders of the countries participating in the military-political bloc in narrow and expanded formats discussed the most pressing issues and promising projects. Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Stanislav Zas was invited to the discussion. He will take the post of the CSTO Secretary-General from January 1. Alexander Lukashenko emphasized peaceful initiatives and global security threats in his speech.

The Head of the State expressed concern over the global political and economic confrontation between the leading world powers. Alexander Lukashenko mentioned the termination of the Treaty on intermediate and shorter-range missiles. Belarus proposed to adopt the multilateral political declaration of the responsible countries on the non-deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles in Europe.

Belarus proposed to resume a broad dialogue on international security issues by analogy with the Helsinki process and direct it towards overcoming the existing contradictions in relations between states in the common space in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasia.

The growing number of NATO forces on the western borders of the CSTO and near the borders of Belarus was also noted. The troops do not pose a direct military threat, still, the militarization of the borders compels the development of adequate diplomatic, informational and military measures. The need to avoid a new arms race was emphasized.

Alexander Lukashenko held talks with his colleague, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Our country confirms its readiness to develop cooperation. Trade has exceeded $ 130 million over the past year. The basis of Belarusian exports is tractors, medicines, dairy and meat products. More than 50 trade offices of the commodity network and distributors of Belarusian enterprises operate in Kyrgyzstan.

Belarus and Kyrgyzstan will discuss the growth of their partnership. The next meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation is planned to be held in Minsk this Sunday. The parties agreed to appoint the vise prime ministers the co-chairs of the commission.