The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the final stage of the joint tactical and special training “Rock-2024” with units of the bodies authorized in the field of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations of the CSTO member states. The event took place at the basic training ground for the CSTO rescue units “Rock City-Astana”.
From 3 to 6 September, participants in the command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces “Interaction-2024”, the special trainings “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” are regrouping in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Issues related to the preparation of proposals for the deployment and use of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in the Central Asian region of collective security are being worked out in the period from 3 to 4 September during a joint training session of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat in Moscow on the basis of the Crisis Response Centre.
On September 3, 2024 in Moscow, in accordance with the Plan of consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense issues for 2022-2024 (item 7), consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on the agenda of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly were held.
The Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Colonel-General Andrei Nikolaevich Serdyukov, has today given a briefing on the subject of “Preparedness of the CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization's management bodies and formations of forces and means for the conduct of joint trainings”.
Representatives of the press services of the defense departments and mass media of the CSTO member states took part in the event via videoconferencing.
A quarter of a century together: CSTO celebrates anniversary
29.05.2017
In his greeting, the CSTO Secretary General, Yuri Khachaturov, said:
"Today we celebrate two significant dates - the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which today includes the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and The Republic of Tajikistan.
A quarter of a century ago, a historic act was signed, declaring the readiness of our states to unite their efforts in strengthening peace, international and regional security and stability, and protecting collectively their independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The collective security system that was subsequently formed in the format of the Organization consists of mutually complementary instruments of political and military cooperation, and mechanisms for counteracting contemporary challenges and threats. The accumulated experience of collective action has allowed the CSTO to become an effective multi-functional regional international organization, one of the authoritative collective institutions in the Eurasian strategic space, said Yuri Khachaturov.
He stressed that in an extremely complex military-political situation, the most important direction of joint activities of the Organization's member states is to strengthen military security. "The guaranteed protection of the Organization’s member states from military threats is ensured by the effective defense capabilities of the CSTO. It is based on: national armed forces; CSTO Troops (Collective Forces), which include coalition and regional military groups; and Peacekeeping Forces," the General Secretary of the Organization.
Yuri Khachaturov stressed that, within the framework of the priority political cooperation for the CSTO, member states are effectively coordinated on the foreign policy track, as evidenced by the adoption of several dozens of joint statements on topical issues on the international agenda at various levels. Cooperation has been established and is developing on topics of mutual interest with such regional and international organizations as the UN, OSCE, CIS, SCO and their specialized institutions.
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The CSTO has established and effectively operates a system for coordinating joint activities in the areas of combating terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking, illegal migration from third countries, and ensuring information security.
Practical cooperation to neutralize these threats to the security of the Organization’s member states is carried out in the course of joint special operational and preventive measures: anti-drug - Channel; to counter illegal migration - Nelegal; to ensure the security of electronic information networks - PROXI.
The event was attended by the defense ministers of the CSTO member states, deputy defense ministers of Russia and the foreign minister of Russia, permanent plenipotentiaries, heads of departments and organizations concerned, Secretariat staff and officers of the CSTO Joint Staff.
