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 meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held
23.11.2023
A meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held in Minsk on 23 November.
The heads of states have discussed in detail current problems of international and regional security and the main results of the activities of the CSTO during the inter-sessional period.
It was decided to transfer the Chairmanship of the Organization from the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan from 1 January 2024. Kasym-Jomart Tokayev presented the priority areas of activity during the period of Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the CSTO.
Decisions were taken on important issues of the CSTO activities, including a package of documents on crisis management.
The activities of the Belarusian side as Chairman of the Organization were highly appreciated.
Colonel-General Serdyukov Andrei Nikolayevich was confirmed as the Chairman of the CSTO Joint Staff.
The next meeting of the CSTO Joint Staff will be held in Astana in the fourth quarter of 2024.
