On 25 July 2024, staff of the CSTO Secretariat met with graduates of Central Asian universities in the fields of “International relations” and “Regional studies” who are participating in the International School of Diplomacy and are in Moscow at the invitation of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization ‘National Research Institute for the Development of Communications’ and the Centre for International Strategic Studies of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Allow me to thank the Russian presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the invitation to take part in the debate on the interaction between the United Nations and regional organizations - the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO.
I highly appreciate my participation in the meeting of the main body of the World Organization responsible for maintaining global peace and international security. I am convinced that today's debate will contribute to the development of new, additional mechanisms for United Nations cooperation with the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO - the leading regional organizations operating in the Eurasian security space.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the debate on “UN cooperation with regional organizations: the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO” held on 19 July 2024 at the UN Security Council.
Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General, told BELTA news agency correspondent whether the CSTO sought to become a counterweight to NATO, the situation in the East European region of collective security, the role of Belarus in the organization, and what initiative of the President of Belarus had become important and timely for the CSTO.
Consultations were held in Moscow on the agenda of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly
06.09.2018
On September 6, 2018 in Moscow in accordance with the Consultation Plan on foreign policy, security and defense issues for the second half of 2018 - first half of 2019, consultations were held on representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states on the agenda of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly .
The consultations were attended by the heads of relevant departments of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the permanent representatives of the member states of the CSTO, representatives of the embassies of the member states of the Organization, the staff of the CSTO Secretariat.
The participants in the consultations stated the significance and necessity of close interaction of the CSTO member states in the UN. The central place in the exchanges was occupied by the issues of practical cooperation of the delegations of the CSTO member states, their priorities during the 73rd session of the UNGA, the situation in Afghanistan, anti-terrorism and peacemaking work in the UN. In addition, they discussed the preparation of joint statements that are planned to be made at the UN General Assembly.
In general, the exchange of opinions held at the consultations contributed to the coordination of the positions of the CSTO member states on the agenda items of the 73rd session of the UNGA. The participants in the consultations confirmed the desire to further deepen coordination and practical cooperation within the UN, including at the level of permanent representatives of the CSTO member states to the UN.
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CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov
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