The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
On June 24-26, the second staff negotiations were held in the Kyrgyz Republic on the organization and conduct an operational meeting with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) and a command and staff training with units of the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2025", conducted as part of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
Interview of the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov to the TASS agency
22.04.2024
1. 20 April marked the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of the Collective Security Treaty. How do you see the future and role of the CSTO in view of the significant geopolitical changes that have taken place in recent years? Which states will the CSTO focus on cooperation with in the foreseeable future?
The more than 30-year history of the existence of the Collective Security Treaty Organization has demonstrated not only the high degree of demand for such a union, but has also outlined certain prospects. Naturally, geopolitical transformations and the changes that are taking place in the modern system of collective relations are affecting the CSTO. More and more factors are influencing the military and political situation in Eurasia, and the aggravation of the geopolitical struggle here provokes the emergence of new points of tension and the aggravation of long-standing problems. One of the priorities of the Organization in such conditions is to strengthen cooperation between the CSTO member states. We will steadily continue our activities in this area. At the same time, the CSTO is actively developing external relations with international organizations such as the United Nations, the CIS and the SCO. Our positions on many security-related issues coincide, which creates a field for cooperation.
2. Criticism of the CSTO is regularly voiced from the Republic of Armenia. In this regard, do you expect Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to attend the CSTO summit in 2024? How might the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh affect the stability of the region?
The relations between the CSTO and the Republic of Armenia, as a member state of our Organization, are not going through the best period. However, Armenia's activities in the CSTO continue, and all issues on the agenda are being resolved in a working order. The participation or non-participation of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the CSTO summit in 2024 is the decision of a sovereign and independent country. Besides, there is still time before the summit, a lot can change during these months, hopefully for the better. As for the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh: at present it is the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which has its own forces to ensure security and, obviously, this issue is not being resolved unilaterally. I believe that stability in the region depends to a greater extent on the prospects for the signing of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
3. There is a new round of escalation in the Middle East. Given the proximity of this region to the CSTO's area of responsibility, does the organization see the risks of the conflict expanding? Could the Organization in any way contribute to the settlement of this escalation if so requested?
The CSTO Secretariat observes with alarm and concern the escalation in the Middle East and the growth of tension in general. According to our analysts' assessments, the risks of conflict expansion exist, and they are quite real. A characteristic feature of the modern world, which is undergoing a period of transformation, is that many conflicts are not only escalating, but also getting out of control. Universal and regional security systems are unable to effectively influence the warring parties. In other words, the field of possibilities for successful resolution of such conflicts is shrinking dramatically due to the fundamentally different views of the leading world players on the structure of the future world order. This is a very big problem that needs to be addressed in order to avoid further escalation. Of course, the CSTO is ready to provide the tools at its disposal to resolve this conflict if there is a corresponding request and mandate.
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