Thursday, November 30 2017 21:01

ArmInfo.The member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) signed at the session of the Collective Security Council in Minsk an agreement on  cooperation of members of the organization in the field of ensuring  information security. In addition, as RIA Novosti reports, the  countries adopted a statement on joint measures to strengthen the  defense potential of the CSTO countries and opposed the "color  revolutions".

According to the information, a declaration was adopted in connection  with the 25th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty and the  15th anniversary of the CSTO, a decision on the legal design of the  CSTO partnership institution. The CSTO countries also signed the  annual report of the Secretary General of the Organization. The heads  of the CSTO states in Minsk also adopted a declaration in which they  opposed the solution of international disputes through "color  revolutions" and "hybrid wars." "Throughout its existence, the CSTO,  being a strictly defensive organization, strictly adhered to the  principle of non- interference in the internal affairs of other  countries, mutual respect and equality, consideration of their  legitimate interests," the document says. It emphasizes that the  parties do not accept "any intentions to solve interstate problems  and international disputes with the use or threat of use of force, by  inciting interethnic and inter-confessional intolerance and the  resolution of statehood by other methods, including using the  technology of" color revolutions " and "hybrid wars." In the  declaration, the parties reaffirmed their adherence to the principle  of the priority of political and diplomatic means in resolving and  settling conflicts. In the conditions of conflict potential in  international relations, our states made a convincing effort to  ensure that the organization (CSTO - ed.) was able to provide a  guaranteed response to any attempts to destabilize the situation,  violate peace and security in its area of responsibility," the  document stresses.