The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the final stage of the joint tactical and special training “Rock-2024” with units of the bodies authorized in the field of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations of the CSTO member states. The event took place at the basic training ground for the CSTO rescue units “Rock City-Astana”.
From 3 to 6 September, participants in the command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces “Interaction-2024”, the special trainings “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” are regrouping in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Issues related to the preparation of proposals for the deployment and use of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in the Central Asian region of collective security are being worked out in the period from 3 to 4 September during a joint training session of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat in Moscow on the basis of the Crisis Response Centre.
On September 3, 2024 in Moscow, in accordance with the Plan of consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense issues for 2022-2024 (item 7), consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on the agenda of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly were held.
The Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Colonel-General Andrei Nikolaevich Serdyukov, has today given a briefing on the subject of “Preparedness of the CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization's management bodies and formations of forces and means for the conduct of joint trainings”.
Representatives of the press services of the defense departments and mass media of the CSTO member states took part in the event via videoconferencing.
The CSTO Secretary General has discussed strengthening the parliamentary component of collective security with the heads of the international affairs committees of the parliaments of CSTO member States
10.02.2022
On February 10, this year, at the CSTO Secretariat, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met with participants of the first meeting of chairmen of committees (commissions) of parliaments of CSTO member States, whose competence includes issues of international relations. An interesting and detailed discussion was held on the whole range of security problems faced by the CSTO member States. Measures to counter them in the parliamentary format were also considered.
The CSTO Secretary General drew attention to the importance of developing the CSTO force component, noting in this regard the organization's plans to hold a series of large-scale trainings. "The idea behind these trainings is to counter the entire range of military and terrorist challenges and threats," Stanislav Zas said. At the same time, he recalled the unconditional priority of political measures in the activities of the Organization.
In the context of expanding political cooperation, the Secretary General mentioned the CSTO's successful promotion of dialogue with international organizations such as the UN and the OSCE. In particular, he informed about his participation in the upcoming meeting of the UN Security Council on February 16 this year, during which it is planned to consider the development of relations between the two associations. Stanislav Zas also provided details of the 28th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Stockholm in December 2021 and his meeting with the OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmidt as margin notes of this event.
In the course of the speeches and the discussion that followed, representatives of the legislative assemblies of CSTO member States presented the positions of the parties on the issues under discussion. The participants of the meeting highly appreciated the activities of the Organization, including the results of the collective peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The parliamentarians spoke in favor of further strengthening the system of collective security and made several concrete proposals.
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