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 President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had a meeting with the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov
10.06.2024
The meeting has discussed the implementation of key tasks of the Organization during Kazakhstan's presidency.
The head of the Republic of Kazakhstan noted that it was important for the CSTO to focus on the statutory areas of work, which were the most relevant and in demand for all member states. Special attention, in his opinion, should be paid to countering such challenges and threats as terrorism, illicit trafficking of drugs and weapons, crimes in the information sphere.
The President emphasized the importance of establishing constructive cooperation with other international structures in order to strengthen regional security.
Imangali Tasmagambetov has informed Kasym-Jomart Tokayev on the progress of implementation of the Action Plan adopted on the initiative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to implement the decisions of the November session of the CSTO Collective Security Council.
The issues of preparation for the next Session of the Collective Security Council and the upcoming CSTO trainings were also discussed.
