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 sent greetings to heads of CSTO member states on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War
08.05.2020
The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas sent greetings to the heads of state and government of the CSTO member states on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
“Today, in the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states, they pay tribute of respect to veterans and bow their heads to the memory of those who gave their lives for the freedom and independence of their Homeland, who valiantly fought for Moscow and Leningrad, Stalingrad and Kursk, who liberated the countries of Europe and took Berlin ”, the greeting says.
According to the CSTO Secretary General, the May 9 Victory Day is dear to everyone as a symbol of the valor of the Fatherland defenders, their unity and strength of the national spirit. This great holiday, common to all, is a symbol of the unity of peoples before the threat of the fascism, their whole-hearted deed on the battlefields and selfless labor in the home front.
“We are proud of our fathers and grandfathers, who rid the world of Nazism, and cherish the memory of their feat. We remember those who met their demise in battles, and those who helped to reach the Great Victory in the home front with their heroic labor, ” he emphasized.
Stanislav Zas noted that this year the celebration of the Victory Day took place in an environment where humanity was facing a coronavirus pandemic and intensifying attempts to undermine the foundations of the world order that 75 years ago were won by victorious states to rid future generations of the scourge of war. “Under these conditions, increasing the contribution of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to counteracting the distortion of the historical truth about the World War II and imposing the substitution of international law with certain established rules of international communication comes into sharp focus,” the CSTO Secretary General said in his greeting. Keeping the memory of the feat of our peoples, we make a point of honor to uphold the historical truth about the Great Patriotic War, to suppress attempts to rewrite history and the glorification of fascism.
The CSTO Secretary General emphasized that the peoples and states faithful to this memory and united in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, were making tireless efforts to maintain peace and stability, to counteract the machinations of those who, in their selfish interests, were trying to undermine the foundations of a stable world order, to replace universally recognized norms and principles of international law with their own “rules of the game”, to destroy the peace-supporting legal framework.
“I am sure that the joint actions of our peoples and our CSTO member states will allow us to block dangerous trends in the international situation, strengthen our common security, make a significant contribution to maintaining peace and strengthening international security,” the congratulation notes.
“The memory of citizens of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will forever remain those who did not return from the battlefields, defended and upheld the freedom and independence of their Homeland. We pay tribute to surviving veterans and make it a point of honor to commemorate the Great Victory, ” CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said.
Congratulations on the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory were also sent to the ministers of foreign affairs, the heads of defense departments and the secretaries of the security councils of the CSTO member states.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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Contribution of the Russian Federation (RSFSR) to the Victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany
