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 took part in a joint meeting of the SCO and the CSTO heads of member States in Dushanbe
17.09.2021
The Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas participated in a joint meeting of the CSTO and the SCO heads of member States in Dushanbe on September 17, this year.
The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (online), the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (online), the President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, the President of China Xi Jinping (online), the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Vladimir Norov, and the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev participated in the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
The main topic of the meeting was the situation in Afghanistan. There were proposals on the need to use the mechanism of the expanded "troika", as well as the restoration of the former Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan, in which many partners in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the CSTO participated.
Speaking at the joint meeting of the SCO and the CSTO heads of member States, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted the importance of combining the efforts of the SCO and the CSTO and other regional structures to ensure security and stability in the Eurasian space.
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