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 OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid, who visited the CSTO Secretariat for the first time and addressed the enlarged meeting of the Permanent Council of the CSTO
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On June 22, this year, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Helga Schmid, who visited the CSTO Secretariat for the first time as part of her visit to the Russian Federation. She also addressed an enlarged meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council.
Stanislav Zas noted in his welcoming remarks that the development of constructive relations with the OSCE occupied a prominent place in the CSTO's foreign policy agenda. "The CSTO and the OSCE should strengthen their role in overcoming complex security threats in the Eurasian and Euro-Atlantic space. This will contribute to strengthening a common and indivisible Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian security community," - the CSTO Secretary General said.
He stressed that the CSTO was interested in expanding contacts and developing cooperation between the CSTO and the OSCE in foreign policy and military-political areas, as well as in combating terrorism and related extremism and drug trafficking. "The situation in Afghanistan should be the subject of special attention. We advocate the development and adoption of joint statements on Afghanistan and other issues of relevance to both organizations," Stanislav Zas said in the course of a meeting with Helga Schmid.
He noted that through the intensification of interaction, it was possible to achieve significantly greater effectiveness of efforts undertaken through both the CSTO and the OSCE.
"Challenges and threats in the field of security are not becoming fewer, the fight against them must unite our organizations. In the current circumstances, despite the growth of confrontation and, in fact, the narrowing or even blocking of a number of important channels of communication in Europe, we believe that it is the OSCE, its institutions created to seek opportunities for conflict prevention, monitoring and assistance in conflict resolution, that remain the platforms where difficult dialogue continues," the CSTO Secretary General summarized.
In turn, Helga Schmid noted that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Collective Security Treaty Organization were strengthening cooperation. "Let me say that both the OSCE and the CSTO support cooperation in some areas, but there are also some areas of cooperation where we could strengthen our interaction," the OSCE Secretary General said.
Helga Schmid recalled that at the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation on June 9, this year, the need to develop dialogue in securing borders in order to counter terrorism and organized crime, as well as to combat drug trafficking, was mentioned.
Summarizing the meeting and Helga Schmid's speech at the meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council, the CSTO Secretary General said that the CSTO and the OSCE would also work to strengthen cooperation in the field of border protection and combating crime in the information sphere. "Today the need to develop cooperation in other areas was mentioned: border protection, suppressing cybercrime - this is a very relevant topic, which we are already dealing with," Stanislav Zas said.
"We intend to continue to hold meetings at such a high level. We should increase mutual participation in each other's events. We are ready to increase the participation of the OSCE representatives in our events: both in the military and in other areas of security," the CSTO Secretary General summed up.
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