"As for regional security in the South Caucasus, the situation remains difficult, but there are prerequisites for improvement. It is hindered by external players who act, to put it mildly, with inappropriate goals, first of all the countries of the West," Shoigu said. According to him, what has been said is the thesis that regional problems need regional solutions. It should be noted that the CIS countries The 12th annual meeting of the secretaries of the security councils is taking place on Thursday in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu.