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.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov will go to the Republic of Belarus to meet with the country's the top political and defense leadership
10.02.2023
The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov will visit the Republic of Belarus on February 12-13.
During the visit, he is scheduled to meet with the Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The Secretary General will present for approval the plan of measures to implement decisions of the November (2022) session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the implementation of priority areas of the Collective Security Treaty Organization during the presidency of the Republic of Belarus, which was agreed by the CSTO Permanent Council on the eve.
The CSTO Secretary General is also expected to hold talks with the Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik, the State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Alexander Volfovich, and the Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin.
This is I. Tasmagambetov's first visit to Minsk in his capacity as the Organization's top administrative official. The Republic of Belarus will chair the CSTO in 2023.
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