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.
CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov goes to the UN headquarters in New York to participate in the high-level counter-terrorism conference and to meet with the leadership of the UN Secretariat for peacekeeping
25.06.2018From 26 to 30 June 2018, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, at the invitation of UN Deputy Secretary General Vladimir Voronkov, will pay a working visit to New York and take part in a high-level conference organized by the UN Secretary-General with the participation of the heads of counter-terrorism agencies of the UN member states.
During his work in New York, Valery Semerikov will also hold business meetings with the UN Under-Secretary-General, the Head of the Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Vladimir Voronkov, and the Assistant UN Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bint Keita.
Relying on the positive results of the cooperation of the CSTO and the UN in the field of counter-terrorism and peacekeeping activities, the main efforts during Valery Semerikov’s visit to the UN headquarters will focus on discussing the main directions of further strengthening the interaction of international organizations in the fight against terrorism and on issues of joint practical implementation of the Roadmap “Formation of conditions for the use of the CSTO peacekeeping potential in the interests of the UN’s global peacekeeping activities (on The period 2018-2020.) ".
In addition, during the visit, it is planned to further discuss and coordinate with the relevant officials of the UN Secretariat a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the CSTO Secretariat and the UN Counter-Terrorism Office created in October 2017.
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CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov
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