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.
Armenian Prime Minister, Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Novo-Ogaryovo on April 19, 2022
20.04.2022
On April 19, 2022, Prime Minister of Armenia, Chairman of the Collective Security Council of the CSTO Nikol Pashinyan and President of Russia Vladimir Putin held talks in Novo-Ogaryovo.
According to the press service of the Government of Armenia, the parties, recognizing the key role of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in ensuring regional stability, reaffirmed their readiness, taking into account the current chairmanship of Armenia in the Organization, to intensify efforts to build the potential of collective security forces and means, including the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces, improve the Organization's crisis response mechanisms, strengthen coordination and promote the expansion of CSTO partnerships.
Nikol Pashinyan expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome extended by Vladimir Putin and confirmed his invitation to the Russian leader to visit Yerevan in connection with the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in the second half of 2022. The invitation was accepted with gratitude.
