MINSK, November 3. /TASS/. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will continue to play a part in developing a new architecture of Eurasian security based on political and diplomatic means of addressing global and regional crises, CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev said.

"I’d like to emphasize that the Commonwealth of Independent States will continue to play a part in developing a new architecture of Eurasian security based on political and diplomatic means of addressing global and regional crises," he said, addressing the 4th Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security.

The architecture of Eurasian security has begun taking shape through contacts and interaction between regional organizations within Greater Eurasia, Lebedev noted. He praised the long-standing and fruitful relations between the CIS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which became a full-fledged partnership last year, describing them as the most dynamic. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has also taken part in joint work on security issues between the two associations.

The role of regional organizations keeps expanding as existing mechanisms for ensuring peace and preventing and settling conflicts become less effective, the CIS chief said. "The CIS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ASEAN, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf and other associations within their respective regions create spaces for trust, economic and humanitarian cooperation where confrontation has no place," he explained.

The new poles of a multipolar world order are designed to promote interstate cooperation both regionally and globally, acting as pillars in the system of equal and mutually beneficial relations, Lebedev added. This reassessment of the role of leading global powers and key developing nations across Eurasia has received backing from Russia, China, India and a number of major regional players, he concluded.