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 had a meeting with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe
17.02.2021On February 17, this year, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Chairman of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe.
The parties have discussed the holding of a meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers in Dushanbe this spring, military, military-technical and military-economic cooperation in the CSTO format and the implementation of the priorities of the Tajik side in these areas for the period of Tajikistan's chairmanship in the Organization in 2021.
Stanislav Zas emphasized the importance of increasing the level of readiness of collective security troops (forces) to carry out earmarked tasks, including through joint operational and combat training activities. In particular, they talked about improving the command and control system of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces, raising the level of training of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces and equipping them with modern weapons, military and special equipment, and special means, taking into account their possible involvement in peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the UN.
The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan and the CSTO Secretary General have discussed the upcoming trainings of the assets of collective security, which are planned to be held on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2021. This is a joint training with the CSTO CRRF "Interaction-2021", a special training with the assets of intelligence "Search-2021", a special training with the assets of the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) "Echelon-2021".
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