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 Permanent Council has agreed on a Plan of Consultations on Foreign Policy, Security and Defense, as well as a draft Ministerial Council decision on increasing information work on the CSTO activities
19.04.2021On April 19, this year, under the chairmanship of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan Hasan Sultonov, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held via videoconferencing. The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the meeting.
In preparation for the upcoming in April and May, this year, meetings of the statutory bodies of the Organization, the Plan of consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense for the second half of 2021 - the first half of 2022 has been considered and agreed upon.
A draft Decision of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states, concerning joint measures by diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states to increase information work on the activities of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, was also agreed.
The Permanent Council decided to send these documents in the prescribed manner for consideration at the upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies.
A number of important political statements and documents were also considered. Work on these documents will continue at subsequent meetings of the CSTO Permanent Council.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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