Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, on Friday, that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has agreed on the principle of the indivisibility of security. The purpose of the principle is to ensure equal security for all member states within the organization emphasizing that no country would enhance its security at the expense of the security of any other country.

"We adopted a document on international security issues, which for the first time establishes the principle of indivisibility of security within the framework of the CSTO," Lavrov told reporters at the CSTO foreign ministers council.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) decreed this principle in the past. However, as per Lavrov's statement, some western countries "categorically refused to implement it in practice and demanded legal security guarantees exclusively within the framework of the NATO."

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Additionally, Lavrov noted that China emphasized the need to establish and implement such a principle across the globe.

The growth of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) does not sit well with NATO nations, according to Lavrov, adding that "CSTO will develop depending on needs that do arise in practical life. Not everyone likes the organization’s development, including our NATO colleagues."

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According to the Minister, since the mid-2000s, CSTO has been encouraging NATO to establish structures for discussions, information sharing, and collaboration in many fields of Euro-Atlantic security, notably within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Lavrov asserted that NATO members, who continue to treat other states and organizations with arrogance, ignored those requests.