The demand for the CSTO as a security donor will gradually increase. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan, stated this at Friday’s extended meeting—in Yerevan—of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

Reflecting on the CSTO and the history of its creation, the FM stated that this organization is gradually becoming a more significant player in the region—and in Eurasia, in general.

At the same time, the minister noted that each region has its own peculiarities, local needs, requirements, and priorities.

"The demand for the CSTO as a security donor will gradually increase and go beyond the pre-defined framework of the Eurasian region," Mirzoyan said.

He informed that regional security and its impact on the security of the CSTO member states were discussed during the narrow-format meeting. The participants exchanged views on the situation in the world and in the region, heard information on the improvement of CSTO crisis management mechanisms and work being done on documents not yet agreed up, and the implementation of the decisions of the CSTO Collective Security Council.

The participants then signed three pre-agreed documents: the Council of CSTO Foreign Ministers package of decisions on the 2022 foreign policy, defense and security consultations plan, the draft protocol decision on the date and venue of the next meeting, and the draft Council of CSTO Foreign Ministers statement on international security issues.

The next meeting of the Council of CSTO Foreign Ministers will also take place in Yerevan in the second half of the year—and on the eve of the meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council.