Lukashenko: CSTO members will have to decide on the conflict in Ukraine
The CSTO member countries will have to take a definite position on the Ukrainian conflict.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced this today at a meeting with CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“If someone thinks that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is not our conflict, that we will sit quietly somewhere, nothing like that will happen. The time will come (it is not far, literally tomorrow) - it will require you to make a decision, to take a certain position.
I am not saying that it is to the detriment of national interests and so on. But with all our union shortcomings, we will have to clearly define our policy, our line in order to act together. Together it’s always simpler and easier,” Lukashenko said.
At the same time, he believes that CSTO member countries should not act contrary to their national interests.
“No one is pushing states to act contrary to their national interests, but we will have to find compromises. Although in the CSTO we found them a long time ago and act as a single organization. I think we have to go through this difficult period, and it will further unite our organization on the principles that are necessary and possible for every state that is part of this organization,” Lukashenko said.
He called on the CSTO Secretary General to try to resolve border problems of the organization’s member countries.
“There are enough challenges. We took the risk of writing it into the program under our chairmanship to try to solve these problems that we have. Especially on the borders of the CSTO member states. You know both the Caucasus and Central Asia well. We have problems there. Let's try to resolve them and, as far as possible, unite the Collective Security Treaty Organization in these difficult times. You see what is happening along the perimeter,” Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko : CSTO members will have to decide on the conflict in Ukraine