live main news noon, in the studio olga kalayirova, hello and briefly about the topics of the issue. minsk is hosting the csto summit, the leaders of the organization's countries are arriving in the capital, there are only a few minutes left before the start. live from the scene. a truce in gaza and the release of hostages has been postponed until at least friday. gaza mutual

shelling on the border with lebanon. the version of the terrorist attack has not been confirmed. the fbi has completed its investigation into a car explosion on the us-canada border. the incident was determined to be a traffic accident. now the situation in the country remains stable during the virus season, about 20% of the population has already been vaccinated. only a few minutes remain until the start of the summit. dkb in minsk, in the palace of independence, everything is ready to welcome distinguished guests. the heads of state will discuss current issues of international and regional security. all leaders, except the armenian prime minister, confirmed their arrival at the minsk summit. momali rakhmon and sadyr japarov were the first to be greeted on belarusian soil. the presidents of kyrgyzstan and tajikistan arrived the day before. and literally an hour ago at the national airport minsk welcomed the president of kazakhstan kassym zhamart with bread and salt.

the current meeting of the military-political bloc is chaired by president of belarus alexander lukashenko. minsk is always the initiator of peace unity. today dozens of journalists gathered at the palace of independence. our correspondent is in touch with the studio. olga, good afternoon, we continue to work at the palace of independence, there are only a few minutes left before the start of the csto summit, we are waiting literally any minute for the arrival of the leaders, let me remind you that the event will be held in in narrow and expanded formats, almost two hundred journalists cover it, and of course, the agenda is very extensive, first of all , regional and international security, about this.

with colleagues from tajikistan and kyrgyzstan in general, we will follow, we will look, of course, the theses that the president of belarus repeatedly said at the csto meeting, at the sco meeting, and at bilateral meetings, they are always relevant, minsk is for peace, for security, for progressive distribution in the region, especially regarding the conflict in ukraine, i think that this topic will probably also be touched upon, because... yesterday was literally the anniversary date, 10 years since the start of the euromine, this is truly an event that changed the world, and the event will be attended by almost all the leaders of the csto countries, except armenia , although, as you can see, according to the protocol, the flag is still displayed, nikol pashinyan has repeatedly stated that he will not come to minsk , and the head of the foreign ministry will not come either, well, nevertheless, many began to write that, of course, this armenia's turn to the west, what it is planning

to leave the uec, b, some western media even practiced the style of calling it not nikol pashinyan, but mikola pashinyan , well, let’s leave it on their conscience, nevertheless , armenia is still a member of the csto, as they say, we’ll see, and even such processes they say that our organization is a living organism, it is still quite young, 31 years old, so there will be more, there may be new members, someone may leave, come, because it was the same with nato, who are constantly organizing this they put him as an antagonist, so... kb, but nevertheless, even france, founder, left and only in 2009 returned to the friendly family of alelsa, a couple of days ago, vladimir putin , also at a meeting with the president of tajikistan, lifted the veil of secrecy a little, most likely announced that a unified odb air defense system could soon be formed , a very important thing, we know that drones today are the main weapon in any military conflict. both in israel and in ukraine,

so the topic is undoubtedly important, the leaders will probably discuss yesterday’s extraordinary session of the g20, naturally the general will also be present. the csto, namely golit asmagambetov, also met with the president, just recently and highly appreciated the year of belarus’s chairmanship, well, in general, this summit is such a summing up, i remind you that in 2024 the chairmanship will pass to kazakhstan, well , of course, we will continue all news releases work here and give you the latest, important, interesting information, olga, i give you the floor, thank you, in the corridors of the palace of independence, before the meeting of leaders, our political observer breuus managed talk to our minister of defense. viktor khrenin is confident that the year of belarus’ chairmanship in the odb was successful. yesterday you talked for a long time with your colleagues, the year has been difficult for odb, what,

what is the main result and what is most important now in your opinion? well, the result, the main thing is that all the tasks that were set for the organization during the period of chairmanship. in belarus, they have been fulfilled; yesterday it was emphasized during a joint meeting that, in general, everything that was planned was achieved. the main tasks further are the development of our organization, its unification, so, as you know, we are transferring our chairmanship to the republic of kazakhstan, so they also set themselves quite serious and complex tasks. i have no doubt that they will be fulfilled, because we feel that we are united in our views and understanding of the current situation that exists today, in general, we are united in our understanding of achieving goals. but more unity or some controversial complex issues?

well, of course, there is more unity, controversial issues are complex, they always exist, the main thing is that it’s correct them to find ways to resolve these issues, which we generally succeed in, and one of the priorities of belarus was strengthening the military component. was it possible to strengthen this particular part during belarus’s chairmanship? in short, yes, and you probably see it too, and feel, sense that our military component has been seriously strengthened. today, when increasingly dangerous features of reality acquire a narrative about the possibility of using nuclear weapons, the issue of ensuring biological safety is more acute than ever. this year for the first time, a barrier exercise was conducted with the csto contingents on chemical and biological topics, they fought the spread of a deadly infection, for which the allies created a joint formation, on airborne security in the disposition project. on air disposition, this is

gagarin, let's go, in these units the enemy is studied literally at the molecular level, and the aggressive environment is native here. radiation, chemical and biological protection, which not so long ago had the status of some kind of spare ones, but the most extreme apocalyptic cases are becoming more and more in demand, repeatedly in recent years the warring parties have announced the use of toxic substances, preparations for the use of so -called dirty or real atomic bombs, there is already evidence of the rapid development of specific means in us biological laboratories. moreover, there have already been attacks... on the as. at the same time, the warring countries have several crossed red lines behind them, and the rhetoric regarding nuclear weapons has become philistine. on talk shows in politics can easily discuss, for example, whether there is any point in dropping a nuclear weapon on a large palestinian city, then

apparently everyone drinks coffee. in belarus, unfortunately, they know too well about the destructive power of radiation and, fortunately , they take the new escalating threats seriously. the troops are given nbc protection. conflicts, including a special military operation, as well as the views of the nato bloc on the improvement and development of weapons of mass destruction, primarily nuclear weapons, also their views, their development work in the field of biological weapons, so this gives us direction for development... in the most difficult to pronounce troops and the corresponding equipment, there are entirely laboratories with reagents, sensors, special solutions, auto-filling stations, the emphasis, of course, on reconnaissance, reconnaissance, chemical machines environmental control are equipped as if they are already working in the zone

of use of weapons of mass destruction, they can identify any invisible threat, be it uranium or anthrax, the military met the enemy without quotes in the fight against covid. when various rooms, doctors' cars, and buildings were disinfected. there are also smoke units in this type of troops that are capable of hiding any objects or, say, an entire regiment, even from high-precision weapons. in the army. aerosol camouflage models are constantly being tested, now taking into account the active use of drones.