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 Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus. The preparation of the CMD meeting and the situation in the responsibility area of the Organization were discussed
13.04.2021On April 13, this year, in Moscow, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus - First Deputy Defense Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Major General Viktor Gulevich.
In the course of the meeting, the parties discussed the preparations for the upcoming meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers in Dushanbe at the end of April, exchanged views on challenges and threats in the CSTO regions of responsibility and beyond, discussed the results of the Organization's work in the past year and the tasks assigned to it in the field of military cooperation at the near future.
The Secretary General noted the further need to equip the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) with modern weapons, military and special equipment, as well as to expand cooperation between the CSTO and international and regional organizations. For example, he noted the development of a dialogue with the UN on the issue of embedding the CSTO peacekeeping potential in the UN peacekeeping activities.
