Sergei Lavrov: Remarks after CSTO Foreign Ministers Council

There are a few comments of note and importance here.  My comments follow in an indent after the remarks.  Bolding is mine.

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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks (https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1958539/) and answers to media questions following the meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council (Almaty, June 21, 2024)

💬 At the meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Murat Nurtleu, we focused on preparations for the CSTO Summit scheduled for November of this year in Astana. <…>

During the discussions on the state of affairs in the world, we paid special attention to the agenda related to shaping a Eurasian security architecture that will replace the discredited Euro-Atlantic security arrangements. President of Russia Vladimir Putin focused on this in his remarks (https://t.me/MFARussia/20731) at the Foreign Ministry on June 14. <…>

In the same Eurasian interaction context, we have agreed to build up cooperation and joint practical projects with the CIS and the SCO. Among other things, there is a shared interest in using these organisations’ potential for more effective anti-terrorist actions.

✔️ In the context of the fight against terrorism and new challenges and threats, we have approved a draft programme to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border. <…> It will be submitted for approval to the heads of state.

✍️ A document has been signed, which provides an additional impetus to the CSTO’s peacekeeping activities, including in cooperation with the UN peacekeeping operations. This is a very promising line. We see much potential there.

We have agreed to step up biosecurity efforts at the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and have created a coordination committee on the biological aspects of security. It is currently chaired by the Republic of Kazakhstan. <…>

🇺🇳 On July 19, Russia will chair a UN Security Council meeting in New York on the council’s cooperation with the #CSTO, #CIS and the #SCO. <…> We have invited CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov to speak at that meeting.

🔹 This is an important meeting from which we will see the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, the CIS and the SCO make their debut at the UN Security Council as a cohesive whole.  I would expect a deal to be made with the UN for UN Peacekeeping and the CSTO peacekeeping to work together within the new security architecture, or for the CSTO security architecture and peacekeeping operations to be UN-approved.  This could form part of the planning for a UN renewal or reformat.  But this won’t be for too long because the UN peacekeeping forces will be gradually replaced (shall we say infiltrated with an evil grin).  And this is how the UN will be reformed.