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.
A task force headed by the Chief of CSTO Joint Staff visited the Tajik-Afghan border section
09.07.2021
On July 8, a task force headed by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, flew over the Tajik-Afghan border.
The task force visited border guard detachment 9 ("Kalay-Khumb"). The group of officers was familiarized on the ground with the order of protection of the Tajik-Afghan border by the military personnel of the Border Troops of the Republic of Tajikistan, staffing of the units with personnel, weapons and special equipment. The order of interaction with units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan allocated to strengthen protection of the state border was studied.
The task force inspected the area of the Tajik border, where the largest number of soldiers of the government troops of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan with weapons (over 200 servicemen) was observed crossing the border from Afghanistan.
Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, appreciated the readiness of the Border Troops of the State National Security Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan to provide security on the Tajik-Afghan border.
The visit to the Tajik-Afghan border section allowed the task force to objectively assess the state of affairs on the ground and contributed to the development of objective proposals to reduce tensions on the Tajik-Afghan border and prepare proposals for joint measures in the CSTO format.
