On 20 December, a joint training session was held between the duty shifts of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the command posts of the defense and emergency ministries of the Organization's member states.
On 10 and 11 December, the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted videoconference consultations of representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states on the organization of joint training activities in 2026 for the CSTO collective security system's command and control bodies and formations.
On December 11, 2024, Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General and Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General for Peacekeeping, held a meeting with the delegation of the Monitoring Group (MG) of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees 1267/1989/2253 on ISIS and “Al-Qaeda” and 1988 on the Taliban Movement.
On December 11, 2024, the 40th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. Ordabayev and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General T. Masadykov. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization's member states and representatives of the UNOCT, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the SCO RATS, and the ICRC.
CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov participated in the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna
08.12.2017
On December 7-8, the CSTO Secretary General, Yuri Khachaturov, at the invitation of the Austrian office in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), visited the Republic of Austria to attend the 24th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
He took part in the sessions of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE participating States and spoke at an informal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE participating States, held in the form of a working lunch. For the first time, the OSCE Secretary General was provided to the OCT Secretary General.
In his speech, the CSTO Secretary General assessed the global threats to security and stability in Europe, informed the heads of the delegations of the OSCE 57 member states, as well as the countries and organizations that are its cooperation partners, about the multifaceted activities of the CSTO to counter contemporary challenges on the continent. Yuri Khachaturov stressed the readiness of the CSTO, which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty this year, as well as 15 years of its creation on its basis as an international regional organization, to further strengthen interaction with partner international organizations, primarily the UN and the OSCE.
Yuri Khachaturov also attended a dinner given by the OSCE on December 7 for foreign ministers and heads of delegations of international organizations.
The OSCE Ministerial Council, which was opened by the Austrian Chairmanship, delivered by Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz, heard a message from the Secretary General of the Organization, T. Greminger, and at three plenary sessions discussed a wide range of current issues of the situation on the continent and European cooperation. At the closing session, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and the current Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Austria and Italy spoke and approved the final documents adopted in accordance with the OSCE rule of consensus, including the decision to hold the next ministerial meeting in a year in Rome.
