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 Stanislav Zas held telephone conversations with the secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO member states on the situation with the coronavirus pandemic in the Organization’s area of responsibility
03.04.2020During the conversation, an exchange of views took place on the epidemiological situation in each state that is part of the Organization. The measures taken to counteract the spread of coronavirus, as well as minimize its consequences were discussed.
It was noted that all countries, except the Republic of Tajikistan, came to the stage of peak indicators of the spread of the epidemic, while the situation was difficult but controlled everywhere. “The effectiveness of such control is achieved by the timely application of restrictive and preventive measures taken by governments, health authorities, sanitary and epidemiological inspection service and the competent authorities of the CSTO member states,” Stanislav Zas said. He drew attention to the fact that in the Republic of Tajikistan until now not a single case of infection with coronavirus has been officially recorded.,
The conversation took place with the secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO member states: the Republic of Armenia - Armen Grigoryan, the Republic of Belarus - Andrei Ravkov, the Republic of Kazakhstan - Asset Issekeshev, the Kyrgyz Republic - Damir Sagynbaev, the Russian Federation - Nikolai Patrushev, the Republic of Tajikistan - Nasrullo Mahmudzoda.
The CSTO Secretary General said that the partners in conversation agreed to continue consultations in order to develop collective response measures in the event of a sharp deterioration in the epidemiological situation in the CSTO area of responsibility.
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