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 participated in the joint meeting of the Council and the fourteenth plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
29.11.2021
On November 29, 2021, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the joint meeting of the Council and the fourteenth plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Addressing the audience, the CSTO Secretary General emphasized that the parliamentary dimension is becoming every year an increasingly important factor in the progressive development of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
In his speech, Stanislav Zas told about the results of the September (2021) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, measures to counter challenges and threats to collective security and informed the participants about the military and political situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, noting the steady trend towards its aggravation. In more detail Stanislav Zas touched upon such important issues as the build-up of the US and NATO grouping and military infrastructure in the Eastern European region and increased intensity of trainings near the CSTO's western borders, tensions in the south-east of Ukraine. "Today, as we speak, the Republic of Belarus is holding a meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces with the participation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to review the unfolding military and political situation on our western borders. Consideration of the situation in this format speaks of Minsk's high concern about the existing situation, and we share that concern”.
In addition, the speech assessed the situation in the Caucasus and Central Asian region of collective security.
In conclusion, Stanislav Zas informed parliamentarians about the three international treaties signed by heads of state during the September session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and called for maximum assistance to synchronize the process in the parliaments of the Organization member States to complete the internal ratification procedures and to implement these agreements as soon as possible.
On the proposal of Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin was unanimously elected Chairman of the CSTO PA for another term.
Addressing the audience Vyacheslav Volodin underscored that it was extremely important to continue building the work of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly on the basis of dialogue.
In turn, a member of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman of the the Majlis-i Namoyandagon of the Majlis-i Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan Zokirzoda Mahmadtoir Zoyir spoke about the implementation of the priorities of the presidency of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Collective Security Treaty Organization in 2021.
Alen Simonyan, member of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, informed about the priorities of the Republic of Armenia during his presidency in the CSTO.
Member of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Andreychenko spoke about protecting elections in the CSTO member States from foreign interference.
Also as margin notes of the joint session of the Council and the fourteenth plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which took place via videoconferencing, several issues were considered concerning the draft model legislative acts and recommendations made on the initiative of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee on Defense and Security, amendments to the Program of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly on convergence and harmonization of the national legislation of the Organization member States for 2021-2025, as well as the organizational issue of approval of the Chairman of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee on Social, Economic and Legal Issues.
Following the joint session of the Council and the fourteenth plenary session of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, a number of parliamentarians were awarded a CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Certificate of Merit and a medal "For Strengthening Parliamentary Cooperation in the CSTO" for their productive work.
