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 delegation of the CSTO Secretariat took part in the opening ceremony of the XI Moscow Conference on International Security
15.08.2023
On 15 August 2023, the Ministers of Defense of the CSTO member states and delegations from the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the opening ceremony of the XI Moscow Conference on International Security.
During the event, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the conference participants, and the State Secretary of the country's Security Council Alexander Wolfowitz delivered a welcoming address on behalf of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. There were informative speeches by the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, the Chinese Minister of Defense Li Shangfu, the Belarusian Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, and the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin.
In 2023, the Moscow Conference on International Security is taking place in the context of global transformations and the complex military and political situation in the world accompanying the establishment of a multipolar world order. The Conference is intended to make a significant contribution to constructive interaction and cooperation between countries and peoples in the new realities.
During the conference, heads and representatives of defense agencies of the CSTO member states, international organizations, and political science and expert communities will exchange views on global and regional security issues.
