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.
A Plan for a regional operation to combat illegal migration in 2023 has been agreed upon
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Representatives of all national headquarters of the CSTO member states on operation "Illegal" as well as employees of the CSTO Secretariat and representatives of the Coordination Service of the Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the Antiterrorist Center of the CIS member states, state security and financial monitoring bodies participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, representatives of the national headquarters of the Organization member states discussed the concept of the operation under the code name "Illegal-2023" and agreed on the timing of the phases of active measures in the current year.
In addition, the meeting reviewed and agreed on the interaction during the operation, defined channels of communication and the order of exchange of information.
