On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
The CSTO Secretary General informed the UN, the OSCE and the SCO about the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan
07.01.2022On January 6, 2022, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, on behalf of the CSTO Collective Security Council, informed the UN about the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Stanislav Zas sent a letter to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, which stated that “based on the appeal of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, in view of the threat to national security and the sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and guided by Articles 2 and 4 of the Collective Security Treaty, the CSTO Collective Security Council decided to conduct a peacekeeping operation on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan by forces and means of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces)”.
Stanislav Zas also sent letters to the OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid and the SCO Secretary General Zhang Min, in which he informed international organizations about the decision taken by the CSTO CSC to conduct a peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and send military contingents of the CSTO member States for a limited period of time.
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