Russian President Vladimir Putin called for preventing the destabilization of the situation in the CIS member countries and neighboring regions.

RIA Novosti says Russian president has made these remarks in a greeting to participants at a meeting of heads of security and intelligence agencies of the CIS member countries, which took place in Moscow on November 26.

Putin also added that these meetings have been helping to develop decisions aimed at protecting the CIS member countries from both internal and external threats for 20 years, as well as building mechanisms for cooperation between intelligence agencies.

He emphasized that, under the current complex geopolitical conditions, constructive interaction between security services is particularly important.

Putin expressed confidence that the meeting would be a significant step in deepening partnerships and strengthening peace and security in the CIS space.

“Just as before, it is necessary to identify any negative trends and potential threats to collective security, forecast their development, and exchange information and work experience," RIA Novosti quoted Putin's greeting, which was read by Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

“The countries of the Western bloc are facing failure in the conflict in Ukraine but we believe they will not rest.  They will act in their usual manner, seeking to create chaos in our Commonwealth and around Russia,” Naryshkin noted, according to TASS. 

In this regard, he reportedly pointed to the West’s interference in elections in post-Soviet nations.  “Look at the recent elections in Moldova: they involved strong pressure from the government and unprecedented foreign interference.  Look at the elections in Georgia, where the West did not bother much to hide its meddling attempts aimed at staging another color revolution,” the SVR chief added.

RIA Novosti reports that speaking at the meeting, Alexander Bortnikov, Director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), also stated that “Washington and its allies want to create chaos in the CIS and turn the Commonwealth's space into a cheap resource base.”

Some media outlets say that apart from Russia, delegations from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have taken part in the meeting.