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 in the focus of global terrorism - Interview with Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General on Peacekeeping
16.04.2024Taalatbek Masadykov, Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General on Peacekeeping, told Sputnik Radio Kyrgyzstan in an interview, why the threat of international terrorism to the CSTO countries was growing.
Over the past few years, experts have been talking about the continuing threat of international terrorism, and this issue has been one of the central topics on the platform of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. However, there have been no vivid manifestations of this evil on the territory of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Everything changed in March of this year after the tragic events in “Crocus City Hall”.
In an interview for Radio Sputnik Kyrgyzstan ТTaalatbek Masadykov noted that terrorism threats to the CSTO countries had increased significantly.
"The focus of international terrorism is slowly shifting to the CSTO countries. This is understandable: the world is changing, there is global confrontation, there is a desire of certain countries to impose their way of thinking and life on other countries, and this process is very painful. I am also referring to the unprecedented act of terrorism in “Crocus City Hall”, which killed women and children," Masadykov said.
He emphasized that the threats of international terrorism had also increased in Central Asia.
"We have all seen what is happening in the Middle East. So, this could happen at any moment in our region, especially since we are noticing the activation of radicals in our region. I have been talking about this for a long time. A number of our officials and experts, not only in the Kyrgyz Republic, but also in other countries, disagreed with me, saying that this problem was being artificially inflated and that there were no grounds for great concern. But life has shown that there are, and terrorist threats and challenges today are close to our home, the CSTO countries and other neighbors. Therefore, we need to be very, very vigilant," the Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General concluded.
