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Delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by the Deputy Secretary General of the Organization will take part in the 13th international meeting of high representatives in charge of security issues.
On May 13, 2025, the 41st meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization's member states and representatives of the UNOCT, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the CIS Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops and the ICRC.
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.
