{"id":115763,"date":"2024-11-28T12:52:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115763\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-top-diplomat-sounds-alarm-over-nato-activities-at-csto-summit","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/115763\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 top diplomat sounds alarm over NATO activities at CSTO summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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November 28, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d has expressed concerns about NATO military build-up near the Belarusian borders in his address to high-level officials from the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Kazakhstan\u2019s Astana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The diplomat urged Minsk\u2019s allies to \u201cintensify efforts to de-escalate tensions” and deepen dialogue aimed at constructing Eurasian security “within the framework of a new multipolar world order,” the foreign ministry\u2019s press office reports, quoting him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ry\u017eanko\u016d represented the Belarusian side at the joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CSTO foreign ministers reportedly approved several documents designed to strengthen the military component of the bloc and issued statements on the situation in Afghanistan and on the 20th anniversary of the CSTO observer status at the United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CSTO comprises six former Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Yerevan froze its membership and did not rule out leaving the CSTO over the latter\u2019s failure to respond to Azerbaijan\u2019s capture of Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus\u2019 relations with Armenia deteriorated over Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s support for Azerbaijan, including supplies of weapons. The Astana summit is the second CSTO event that Yerevan ignored after it refused to participate in a similar event in Minsk last November. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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