The 23rd meeting of the Military Committee on military cooperation development among the CSTO member states under the supervision of the Chairman of the Military Committee, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, took place today via videoconferencing.
From April 8 to 11, 2024, the XXI International Seminar-Meeting on Combined Martial Arts with the heads of combat and physical training of the security ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states took place at the Park Hotel "Horizon", Odintsovo District, Moscow Region.
The event was addressed by Gennady Troislit, the Deputy Head of the Organizational and Planning Department of the CSTO Secretariat, and Oleg Ufimtsev, the President of the Russian Federation of Combined Martial Arts.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a discussion via videoconferencing with the UN Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča
02.09.2020
On September 2, 2020, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a discussion via videoconferencing with the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Miroslav Jenča, who initiated the online meeting.
The issues of cooperation between the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the United Nations were discussed, with an emphasis on interaction in the fight against modern challenges and threats in the context of the situation created by the global pandemic. The CSTO Secretary General noted the adoption of the statements by the ministers of foreign affairs of the CSTO member states confirming their commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter at the meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Organization on May 26 this year.
The parties highly appreciated the importance of the initiative for an immediate and global ceasefire in all corners of the world in connection with the threat posed by the spread of COVID-19 proposed by the UN Secretary General A. Guterres on March 21, this year, and a special joint statement by the ministers of foreign affairs of the CSTO member states in support of this appeal, which was adopted at the meeting of the Organization's Ministerial Council on May 26, this year.
In a friendly business atmosphere typical for contacts between the CSTO and UN officials, the parties discussed a number of specific current issues of an extensive cooperation agenda, including in connection with the 75th anniversary session of the UN General Assembly to be opened on September 15. We agreed to continue the practice of conducting contacts at various levels between representatives of the two organizations, including the use of videoconferencing channels.
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