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 outlined the priorities of the CSTO Joint Staff activities for 2024
12.01.2024
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in summarizing the results of the CSTO Joint Staff activities for 2023 and outlined the priorities of the Joint Staff activities for 2024.
Addressing the personnel of the Joint Staff, Imangali Tasmagambetov noted that the goals set for 2023 had been achieved to a large extent thanks to the great contribution of the Organization’s member states to strengthening military cooperation in the CSTO format, their constructive approach in reaching consensus, and the efforts of the collective of the CSTO Joint Staff.
Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, in his report, noted that the main efforts of the Joint Staff in 2023 were focused on the implementation of tasks to improve the speed of decision-making on the use of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system, the further development of the components of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) and their preparation for the fulfilment of their earmarked tasks, as well as the improvement of management systems and comprehensive support.
Andrei Serdyukov also noted that the improvement of the crisis response system was seen as one of the most important areas of activity and was carried out taking into account the experience of the Organization’s response to the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in January 2022. Together with the CSTO Secretariat, proposals were prepared to amend the existing normative documents on crisis response. In November 2023, the CSTO Collective Security Council approved a new version of these documents.
Among the priority tasks for 2024, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff noted the improvement of the regulatory legal framework governing the development of the CSTO's military component, the continuation of work with the CSTO Secretariat and defense agencies to improve the crisis response system, the qualitative preparation and successful conduct of joint operational and combat training activities, and participation in the preparation and conduct of meetings of the Council of Defense Ministers and the CSTO Military Committee.
Summing up the event, Imangali Tasmagambetov stressed that the implementation of the priorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan during the presidency of the Organization in 2024, as well as the decisions of the November 2023 session of the CSTO Collective Security Council implied new multidimensional tasks to improve the CSTO military component, for their solution there was readiness and the necessary potential.
