MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. The Council of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO PA) adopted a statement at a meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the Assembly’s establishment.
"Over the past two decades, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly has become a key component of the CSTO collective security system, ensuring effective parliamentary cooperation among member states and promoting the convergence and harmonization of national legislation in the interests of strengthening national and collective security, peace, stability, and sovereignty," the document reads.
The document highlights the importance of joint legislative efforts to harmonize the laws of CSTO member states in defense, military development, security, and in countering modern challenges and threats, including terrorism, extremism, illicit trafficking in drugs and weapons, cyber threats, and transnational crime. It also notes that, over the years, the Assembly has adopted important model legislative acts that have made a significant contribution to the development of a collective security system.
"We express our gratitude to the parliaments of CSTO member states for their active participation in establishing and developing the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, as well as for supporting initiatives to improve crisis response, strengthen the legal framework for the military component and peacekeeping capabilities, facilitate the ratification of key international treaties concluded within the CSTO, and monitor electoral processes in member states," the document says.
