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 Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus met with the CSTO Secretary General
18.05.2023
According to the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, on May 18, 2023, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Aleinik met with the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov, who was in Minsk to participate in the XI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX-2023" and a meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly,
They discussed preparations for the events scheduled to take place in Minsk in the near future within the framework of Belarus' chairmanship in the Organization, including a meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers.
The parties also exchanged views on the situation in the region and paid attention to the development of cooperation between the CSTO and other international organizations.
S.Aleinik briefed I.Tasmagambetov on preparations for the international conference on Eurasian security to be held in Minsk in autumn 2023.
They agreed to continue regular contacts on the entire range of current issues of the CSTO's foreign policy activities.
