Lukashenko on possible dissolution of Collective Security Treaty Organization

Aleksandr Lukashenko, the self-proclaimed president of the Republic of Belarus, has said that the idea that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) might dissolve if Russia loses the war in Ukraine is growing increasingly popular.

Source: Belta, a Belarusian news outlet, quoting from Lukashenko at the CSTO summit

Quote from Lukashenko: "You know, [the idea that] the existence and the fate of the CSTO are dependent on the success of the Russian Federation’s operation in Ukraine [meaning Russia’s war against Ukraine - ed.] has lately become popularised by the media. If Russia wins, the CSTO will keep going, but if, god forbid, it doesn’t win, the CSTO will dissolve. Many hotheads in our countries are also discussing this issue.

I think that we’ve reached a shared conclusion that if, god forbid, Russia collapses, then we will be rightfully buried under the rubble."

Details: Lukashenko added that such discussions should not take place and "the CSTO will exist, and no one will collapse."

Reference: The CSTO is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.

Previously: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has refused to sign a draft declaration of the CSTO Collective Security Council during the CSTO summit in Yerevan.

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