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 working meeting of the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas with the Executive Secretary-Head of the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Session Sergey Pospelov took place
17.08.2020
On August 17, this year, in the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a working meeting of the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and the Executive Secretary-Head of the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Sergey Pospelov took place.
S. Zas and S. Pospelov discussed the state of affairs on the interaction of the working bodies of the CSTO and the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and joint events planned for 2020 year. An exchange of opinions took place on issues related to the implementation of model legislation within the framework of the 2016-2020 program and the completion of work on the draft Program of Activities of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly for the approximation and harmonization of national legislation of the CSTO member states for 2021-2025. It is planned to discuss the Program at the autumn meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
The meeting participants also discussed the participation of representatives of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in military trainings held in the format of the Organization and in international events organized by the CSTO. A list of issues that will be worked out at the meetings of the CSTO PA Standing Commissions was also outlined: on measures to counter challenges and threats to collective security and the ratification of international treaties adopted within the framework of the CSTO.
At the end of the meeting, the parties confirmed their intention to expand interaction between the working bodies of the CSTO and the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in the interests of the CSTO member states, to maximize the strengthening of the international authority and expansion of the CSTO influence both in the member states of the Organization and at the international level.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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