Belarus Security Council Secretary: West Openly Preparing for War

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, Alexander Volkovich, Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, stated at the 14th meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Moscow that the West’s militarization aimed at achieving military superiority is no longer concealed, and officials from these countries are openly speaking of readiness for a potential war.

He pointed to security developments and increasing military and cyber threats, adding that concurrently, the nature of external pressures against independent countries is also changing.

Volkovich emphasized that Western countries are finalizing hybrid pressure mechanisms designed to interfere in the internal affairs of nations, weaken national sovereignty, and influence their political trajectories.

The Secretary of Belarus’s Security Council noted that the post-Soviet space has become an arena for hybrid pressures from external actors, and Belarus daily faces the consequences of these pressures.

The 14th meeting of the Secretaries of the Security Councils of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Moscow on November 9, 2026. Discussions at the meeting focused on regional security challenges, trans-border threats, terrorism, smuggling, and combating hybrid threats.