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 Imangali Tasmagambetov hold video-conference with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
06.11.2023
On November 6, 2023 the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov had a conversation (via videoconference) with the Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres.
A wide range of issues of interaction between the CSTO Secretariat and the UN Secretariat was discussed. In particular, the importance of concerted international steps to reduce strategic security risks through preventive regional activities was emphasized.
Attention was paid to the further development of working contacts between the CSTO Secretariat and relevant UN bodies on the issues of countering terrorism, drug trafficking, cross-border crime, illegal migration, as well as cooperation in the field of peacekeeping. The importance of combating the spread of terrorist ideology and propaganda as well as combining efforts in the field of information security was stressed.
It was agreed to continue contacts.
