CSTO parliaments will draft general rules for protection against new types of weapons.

The countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization—namely, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Armenia—intend to jointly respond to threats arising from the use of new types of weapons in military conflicts. A discussion of the relevant agreement is scheduled for the near future in St. Petersburg at a meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly's standing commission on defense and security issues. Commission head Anatoly Vyborny shared this information with Parlamentskaya Gazeta, according to the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.

This cooperation will concern the study, exchange of information and experience in the practical application of these technologies.

Vyborny noted that the agreement concerns legal and organizational mechanisms that regulate the use of new weapons and technologies. CSTO member countries are creating a legal framework for interstate cooperation in the study, information, and application of these technologies. The draft agreement emphasizes coordinated collective action in this area to successfully counter new challenges and threats.

"The conclusion of the agreement will ensure the adoption and implementation of a coordinated policy in the CSTO area of responsibility regarding the use of new weapons and technologies. This includes joint planning and collective interaction in the use of new weapons and technologies, as well as joint expertise and information support for their development," Vyborny emphasized.

He also noted the importance of turning innovation into a decisive advantage in ensuring collective security, just as guns, planes, and tanks once changed the situation in response to military threats.