Thursday, November 23 2023 17:36

ArmInfo.Belarus hopes for stable and long-term peace in the South Caucasus. President of  Belarus Alexander Lukashenko announced at a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in a narrow format.

"We welcome the progress in resolving the conflict in the South  Caucasus. We hope that the steps taken will lay the foundation for  sustainable and long-term peace in this region, where friendly  peoples- Armenians and Azerbaijanis live. I emphasize: friendly  peoples," the President of Belarus said, reports BELTA.

Alexander Lukashenko also touched upon the situation on the  Tajik-Kyrgyz border. "I have no doubt that the political wisdom of  the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will (has already become)  a decisive contribution to resolving the contradictions between  Bishkek and Dushanbe and will allow us to focus on ensuring the  security of the external borders of the CSTO in the organization's  southern wing," the head of state added.

According to him, Belarus supports the proposal of the President of  Tajikistan to pay closer attention to the southern borders of the  CSTO.

He also added that the CSTO member states adequately assess the  existing challenges and are ready to face them together.

"The very fact that we have gathered at one table suggests that we  adequately respond and assess the existing challenges and are ready  to confront them together. The fact that some of our partners are  stormy both in public statements and in actions of a provocative  nature is first of all, their problems. I will say one thing: if  there are complaints, then we need to voice them, looking into each  other's eyes, and not talk through stuff in the media," said  Alexander Lukashenko.