On 24 April 2024, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat consultations of the CSTO member states under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the theme: "On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation" took place.
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
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.
