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 discussed with the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations cooperation in peacekeeping
13.07.2018
July 12, this year. The CSTO Secretariat hosted a meeting of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov with the Assistant Secretary General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions Alexander Zuev, during which issues of interaction between the CSTO and the UN in the peacekeeping sphere were discussed. 
Valery Semerikov noted the high level of cooperation between the CSTO and the UN, and expressed appreciation to the leadership and staff of the UN specialized structures for assisting in the implementation of decisions aimed at improving peacekeeping activities both in the CSTO format and under the UN auspices. He focused on the need for the speedy implementation of the proposals set forth in the Road Map “Creating the Conditions for Using the CSTO Peacekeeping Potential in the Interests of the UN Global Peacekeeping Activities”, which was prepared jointly
In turn, the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations during the conversation also confirmed the high level of interaction between the UN and the CSTO. He expressed readiness for the further development of relations and cooperation in areas of activity of mutual interest to organizations
In conclusion, the parties agreed to continue working contacts.
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CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov
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