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 held a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo
16.06.2023
On June 16, 2023, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov received at the headquarters of the Organization the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, who is on a visit to Moscow.
A thorough exchange of views took place on a wide range of issues of mutual interest. The parties highly appreciated the cooperation established between the CSTO Secretariat and the relevant structures of the UN Secretariat, which is concrete and constructive. Particular attention was paid to the participation of the CSTO Secretariat in the international discussion "A New Agenda for Peace" - an initiative of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Considerable attention was paid to regional problems in the CSTO area of responsibility, as well as the prospects for strengthening cooperation with the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
The progressive development of working contacts between the two organizations in the field of maintaining international peace and security, including the fight against terrorism, drug trafficking, cross-border crime and illegal migration, was noted. The prospects for intensifying cooperation on peacekeeping issues were considered, including the prospects for integrating the collective peacekeeping potential of the CSTO into peacekeeping operations conducted in accordance with the mandate of the UN Security Council.
As a result of the conversation, the mutual disposition to further develop the interaction of the CSTO with the UN on the basis of the joint Declaration on Cooperation of March 18, 2010 was confirmed.
