On September 24, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in a working meeting of the Council of Ministers of the CSTO member states in New York, chaired by the Russian Federation.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a meeting with Acting UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Alexander Zuev.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
From September 22 to 25, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Meetings between Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputies are scheduled. The meetings are expected to address a wide range of current issues, in particular, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
On September 23, Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the traditional annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states, held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the world organization.
CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met with UN Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations - Head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix
22.06.2021
June 22, 2021, a working meeting of the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took place in Moscow with the UN Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations - Head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who arrived in the Russian capital on a visit.
Stanislav Zas noted that the UN is the main international partner of the CSTO. "This is determined both by the unique position of the World Organization and the coincidence of the basic principles and goals of the UN and the CSTO, including equality and self-determination of peoples, maintaining international peace and security, and taking effective collective measures to prevent and eliminate threats to peace," he said. Interaction in conducting peacekeeping operations is regarded as one of the most important practical directions of cooperation with the UN in the long term, the CSTO Secretary General stressed.
Stanislav Zas and Jean-Pierre Lacroix exchanged assessments regarding the compliance of the peacekeeping practices of the CSTO member states with the requirements and standards of the UN, including the creation of a mechanism for the involvement of the CSTO peacekeeping forces in the UN peacekeeping activities. Jean-Pierre Lacroix's attention was drawn to the high level of professional, technical and staff readiness of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces, the constant process of improving their structure, composition and readiness.
The parties expressed their readiness for further productive contacts on issues of mutual practical interest.
