On November 10, a discussion session entitled “Indivisible Biological Security in the CSTO Area” was held at the World Trade Center as part of the International Forum on Collective Security.
On November 10, a discussion session entitled “The CSTO: New Challenges and Prospects for Regional Cooperation” was held at the World Trade Center as part of the International Forum on Collective Security.
The traditional 14th Meeting of Senior Administrative Officials of the CSTO, CIS and SCO was held in Moscow on November 10, 2026. It was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev and SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev.
On November 10, 2026, a joint meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, Council of Defence Ministers and Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov.
Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of CSTO Member States on the United Nations Regional Centre for the Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan
30.06.2025
June 30, 2025
Cholpon-Ata
We, the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, welcome the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of Resolution A/79/L.57/Rev.l of March 4, 2025, establishing a UN Regional Centre for the Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan, to be located in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.
We reaffirm the firm commitment of CSTO Member States to building international relations based on the universally recognised principles and norms of international law, first and foremost the UN Charter.
We express our shared interest in furthering cooperation in the Central Asian region to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen good-neighbourly relations.
We reaffirm our intention to support Afghanistan in its development as a peaceful and stable country and express our readiness to participate in international efforts for Afghanistan’s reconstruction, under the central coordinating role of the United Nations.
We call on the international community to step up humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.
We believe that the establishment of the UN Regional Centre for the Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan will help promote cooperation aimed at strengthening peaceful dialogue across the Eurasian space and enhance the complementarity of the UN development system’s work in the region, with greater focus on implementing concrete projects and addressing key socioeconomic development priorities.
We are confident that the Centre, operating within its mandate, will contribute to the coordinated implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Landlocked Countries.
We emphasise the importance of the UN development system reform, initiated by the UN Secretary-General, which aims to enhance the system’s effectiveness in supporting Member States in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. We reaffirm our readiness to jointly leverage the potential of the Regional Centre to advance these goals.
