The 23rd meeting of the Military Committee on military cooperation development among the CSTO member states under the supervision of the Chairman of the Military Committee, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, took place today via videoconferencing.
From April 8 to 11, 2024, the XXI International Seminar-Meeting on Combined Martial Arts with the heads of combat and physical training of the security ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states took place at the Park Hotel "Horizon", Odintsovo District, Moscow Region.
The event was addressed by Gennady Troislit, the Deputy Head of the Organizational and Planning Department of the CSTO Secretariat, and Oleg Ufimtsev, the President of the Russian Federation of Combined Martial Arts.
On 10 April 2024, the 39th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization’s member states, the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and representatives of the UN CTO, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the SCO RATS and the ICRC.
On 8 April 2024, at the CSTO Secretariat, Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, held a working meeting with Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
Joint Statement of The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
15.09.2020The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization welcome the steady progress and
positive dynamic in the strengthening of relations between the Secretariats of the two Organizations in the 10 years since the signing of a Joint Declaration on Cooperation.
They note in particular the importance of cooperation, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law, to advance global and regional peace and security.
Since the signing of the Joint Declaration in March 2010, cooperation between the two Organizations has been enhanced by Memoranda of Understanding and Protocols on Cooperation between the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and United Nations entities, such as the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Office
of Counter-Terrorism, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Department of Peace Operations. Biennial resolutions of the United Nations
General Assembly welcome and note with appreciation this relationship. As the international community commemorates the 75th anniversary of the
United Nations, the Secretaries-General reiterate their strong commitment to the Joint Declaration and their intention to further enhance the scope of cooperation at all levels, including in key areas such as early warning, conflict prevention and resolutionpeacekeeping, preventing and countering terrorism, the fight against international crime and illicit arms trafficking, disaster preparedness and response, and information-sharing.