🔴On the role of the SCO in ensuring international security:
«It is evident that the issue of international security, in all its complexity, remains at the core of our Organisation’s work. The SCO’s mission also remains unchanged: to strengthen peace and stability through cooperation and development, and to respond promptly and effectively to the challenges of the 21st century.

Military cooperation is a key mechanism for fulfilling this mission. It contributes not only to the exchange of experience and the strengthening of professional ties, but also to the development of a shared understanding of contemporary security challenges.

This is particularly vital in the fight against terrorism, extremism, separatism and hybrid threats, which are becoming increasingly technologically sophisticated and unpredictable».

🔴The Republic of Belarus’s vision of the security framework within the SCO:
«To effectively counter all destabilising factors, it is necessary not only to address their manifestations, but also to act preventively at both national and international levels. In this regard, I would like to emphasise the following:

First. We support the initiatives put forward at the summit held in Tianjin in 2025 on the establishment of fundamentally new mechanisms that would create a comprehensive, multi-layered security system based on dialogue, mutual respect, and consideration of the interests of all participants.

We are ready to engage actively in possible programmes of action in this area, including the work of the Universal Centre for Countering Security Challenges and Threats.

Second. We consider it essential to deepen cooperation between the armed forces within the SCO framework, which will contribute to the development of operational information-sharing and the establishment of common response standards.

Under current conditions, coordination of actions is becoming critically important. Moreover, the readiness of states to act collectively, including the possible use of armed forces, serves as a strong deterrent to all destructive organisations.

In this regard, we consider it appropriate to continue the practice of conducting exercises in the SCO format as an important element of military training. The ability to conduct joint operations could play a decisive role in the event of crises arising within the SCO region, the resolution of which would require the deployment of military capabilities..

Third. In speaking about the development of the Organisation’s defence component, we do not mean the creation of a military bloc, militarisation, or activities directed against other countries. We view the expansion of military cooperation solely as an instrument for building trust, maintaining peace and stability in Eurasia».