On 24 April 2024, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat consultations of the CSTO member states under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the theme: "On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation" took place.
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
On February 8, the press conference of the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov was held at the Interfax news agency.
08.02.2018
February 8 this year. In the central office of the INTERFAX information agency, a press conference was held by Valery Semerikov, Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, on the results of the CSTO activities in 2017 and the decisions made by the heads of the CSTO member states to further enhance the capacity of the Organization, including in the development of Collective Forces CSTO, countering the challenges and threats to the security of the Organization’s member states, such as terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, illegal migration and cybercrime.
Valery Semerikov informed on the progress of work on the adaptation of the CSTO peacekeeping potential to the solution of tasks in the composition of UN peacekeeping missions.
During the press conference, an analysis was made of the military-political and military-strategic situation developing in the CSTO's area of responsibility at the present time.
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Materials of the press conference of the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO V. Semerikov in the Interfax news agency
In 2018, the formation of the CSTO police contingent for operations under the auspices of the UN should be completed - Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO
February 8th. INTERFAX-AVN - The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), at the request of the United Nations, plans to complete the creation of a peacekeeping police force in 2018, Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov said.
“I can state that in 2017, at the request of the UN, we began to form a peacekeeping unit of the police focus on constant readiness,” V. Semerikov said at a press conference in the Interfax central office on Thursday. According to him, in 2018 the formation of the CSTO police contingent for operations under the auspices of the UN should be completed. V.Semerikov also said that the CSTO is also preparing military peacekeepers for UN operations.
"We do not exclude that our potential can be used in UN missions, including military contingent. Taking into account UN standards, taking into account the requirements, we have been preparing our peacekeepers for several years," he said.
CSTO signed a memorandum with the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee
February 8th. / TASS /. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (OKDB) signed a memorandum with the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (UN). This was announced on Thursday by Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov.
"One of the priorities of the CSTO in 2018 is the fight against terrorism. We have already begun to implement this priority, we have entered into close cooperation with the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee, concluded a corresponding memorandum, in accordance with which we will work further," he said.
In the CSTO reported the transfer of seven thousand militants from Syria to Afghanistan
February 8th. INTERFAX.RU - About seven thousand militants of the terrorist organization IG banned in Russia after the defeat in Syria moved to Afghanistan, said Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Valery Semerikov.
"After the successful completion of the operation in Syria by the Russian Aerospace Forces, they (IS-IF fighters) begin to return to the countries of origin. Most of them concentrate on the territory of Afghanistan," Semerikov said at a press conference at the Interfax central office on Thursday.
“Today, the averaged figure is about seven thousand people. This is a rather large figure, which cannot but cause concern,” he stressed.
CSTO strengthens combat capabilities in Afghanistan’s neighbors
February 8 - RIA News. The CSTO is strengthening its military potential in the region in the light of the threats emanating from Afghanistan, Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov said at a briefing in Moscow.
"We are strengthening our combat potential, including our collective forces, in this region," he said.
In addition, the CSTO provides assistance to the Government of Afghanistan. “Both humanitarian aid and other assistance are provided,” Semerikov noted.
CSTO with a UN decision is ready to perform a peacekeeping mission in the Donbass
Interfax.by, 08.02.2018. The forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are ready to carry out peacekeeping missions in any region of the world, including in the Donbas, if there is such a decision, said CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
"Our peacekeeping forces today - their potential, equipment, staffing can perform peacekeeping tasks, peacekeeping operations in any region of the world," said V. Semerikov at a press conference in the Interfax central office on Thursday.
"If such a decision is made, this decision is not made by the CSTO Collective Security Council (but by the UN Security Council. - IF). Then we make an application to the UN that we are ready to participate in the mission in the territory of Donbass, in Ukraine, then it will be accepted such a decision, and we will participate, "- said V.Semerikov.
The Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO noted that the peacekeeping forces are used in order to separate the conflicting parties in the first place, to secure a truce.
"I personally do not understand why we should put peacekeepers on the territory of Donbass, on the border, let's say with Russia. Do we have some kind of conflict? We have no conflict. We have some kind of problem there? There is no problem. Maybe , is the goal being pursued in order to block the humanitarian flows that go to the territory of Donbass from Russia? But this is inhumane, "said V. Semerikov, stressing that he expressed his personal point of view.
CSTO's anti-drug operation "Channel" is supported by 22 countries, including the US and Europe
Interfax.by, 08.02.2018. The United States, European countries, together with the CSTO states, are participating in the Canal anti-drug operation events, Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Valery Semerikov said at a press conference in Interfax on Thursday.
"We annually conduct the operation" Channel ", aimed at combating the spread of drugs. 22 states take part in it. Moreover, the geography is very wide. Including Balts, Americans, Europe, Iran, Afghanistan," said V. Semerikov.
He noted that over the 11 years that the operation was being carried out, more than 360 tons of drugs were seized from illicit trafficking.
"In 2017 alone, we spent four stages, seizing more than 20 tons of drugs. Poles, Balts and Iranians participated in it. Drugs were seized both in Iran and in Poland," said V. Semerikov.
The former CSTO Secretary General, Nikolai Bordyuzha, reported in 2015 that US citizens are also taking part in joint anti-drug operations.
“Americans are forced to contact us. They understand perfectly well that they cannot do without their Russian colleagues,” N. Bordyuzha noted.
More than 20 thousand sites were blocked last year due to security threat - CSTO
February 8th. INTERFAX-AVN - In 2017, in the framework of Operation Proxy, in the space of the CSTO member countries, more than 23 thousand information resources were identified that pose a threat to collective security, of which more than 20 thousand were blocked, said CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
"In 2017, more than 23 thousand information resources were identified that are important for assessing threats to collective security, for which operational search and investigative measures were carried out and continue to be carried out. This is more than twice the same figures for 2016", - said V.Semerikov on Thursday at a press conference in the central office of Interfax.
He said that according to the results of the operation checks, more than 20 thousand of 23 identified resources were blocked, which is "more than 4.4 times over the same period of 2016"
V.Semerikov noted that according to the revealed facts the relevant criminal cases were initiated. "This work is very important, and we will continue it," the CSTO Deputy Secretary General stressed. He said that in 2017, the presidents of the CSTO member countries signed in Minsk an agreement on cooperation between the CSTO member countries in the field of information security. CSTO is preparing a single list of terrorist organizations February 8, 2018, REGNUM After the successful completion of the operation of the Russian HQs in Syria, the terrorists of the Islamic State (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) began to return to their countries of origin, said CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, he said on February 8 to press conference. According to a REGNUM correspondent, the deputy head of the CSTO said that most of these radicals are concentrated in Afghanistan. According to Semerikov, currently there are about 7 thousand people there. “This is an average figure, which can not but cause concern,” he said. - They do not just penetrate the territory of Afghanistan, but also enter into a confrontation not only with government forces, but also with the forces of the Taliban movement (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). They also conduct a great deal of subversive work on the territory of our states, using underground cells of the appropriate direction. ” In order to combat these challenges, the CSTO, as the deputy head told her, in 2016-2017. proceeded to the preparation of a single list of terrorist organizations. “The list includes those organizations that are recognized as terrorist in all our states,” said Semerikov. - To keep this list objective, we carry out work, collect invoices with the help of our interested ministries and departments. After the court decisions are taken accordingly. The work is very difficult. "V.Semerikov noted that according to the revealed facts the relevant criminal cases were initiated. "This work is very important, and we will continue it," the CSTO Deputy Secretary General stressed.
He said that in 2017, the presidents of the CSTO member countries signed in Minsk an agreement on cooperation between the CSTO member countries in the field of information security.
CSTO is preparing a single list of terrorist organizations
February 8, 2018, REGNUM After the successful completion of the operation of the Russian HQs in Syria, the terrorists of the Islamic State (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) began to return to their countries of origin, said CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, he said on February 8 to press conference. According to a REGNUM correspondent, the deputy head of the CSTO said that most of these radicals are concentrated in Afghanistan.
According to Semerikov, currently there are about 7 thousand people there.
“This is an average figure, which can not but cause concern,” he said. - They do not just penetrate the territory of Afghanistan, but also enter into a confrontation not only with government forces, but also with the forces of the Taliban movement (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). They also conduct a great deal of subversive work on the territory of our states, using underground cells of the appropriate direction. ”
In order to combat these challenges, the CSTO, as the deputy head told her, in 2016-2017. proceeded to the preparation of a single list of terrorist organizations.
“The list includes those organizations that are recognized as terrorist in all our states,” said Semerikov. - To keep this list objective, we carry out work, collect invoices with the help of our interested ministries and departments. After the court decisions are taken accordingly. The work is very difficult. "
CSTO to promote defense exhibition in Armenia
Feb 8 - Sputnik. CSTO will support the holding of the exhibition ArmHiTec defense technologies in Yerevan. This was stated by Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov. The exhibition will be held from March 29 to March 31, 2018.
“We have already started preparing for it together with our Armenian colleagues and the collegium of the Military Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation (MIC RF). In addition to Russia and Armenia, enterprises of Kazakhstan and Belarus will participate in the exhibition,” Semerikov said.
The Deputy Secretary General promised: the business program of the exhibition will be very rich. Representatives of the Armenian Ministry of Defense will meet with the staff of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. The officials will discuss the joint Armenian-Russian military production and the creation of service centers for vehicles.
From March 29 to March 31, 2018, the Second International Exhibition of Armament and Defense Technologies "ArmHiTec-2018" will be held in the exhibition complex "YerevanExpo". The exhibition is organized by the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, Yerevan Plant of Mathematical Machines CJSC (YerZMM CJSC) and Union of Exhibition Companies BIZON CJSC (OVK BIZON CJSC).
There are no applications for entry into the CSTO - Semerikov
February 8 / BelTA /. There are currently no applications for entry into the CSTO. This was announced today at a press conference in Moscow by the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov, answering a question about the prospects for expanding the organization, BelTA informs. Valery Semirikov noted that the prospect of expanding the CSTO exists, as it is provided for by the organization’s statutory documents. "As for whether there are real applications for entry, today there are none. They are interested, but so far there are no applications," he said.
