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The VII Coordination Meeting of high-level Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and the ICRC was held
07.12.2023
On 7 December 2023, in Moscow, the VII Coordination Meeting of high-level representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretariat and the International Committee of the Red Cross was held.
The Coordination Meeting was attended by: the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Takhir Khairulloyev, the Head of the Directorate of Operations of the International Committee of the Red Cross Martin Schüpp, officials from the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff, and representatives of the ICRC Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.
The agenda of the Coordination Meeting included a wide range of issues on new humanitarian challenges and the dissemination of knowledge of international humanitarian law, including the participation of the ICRC representatives in the professional training of the CSTO Joint Staff and in joint trainings of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system.
There was a thorough exchange of views on the development of cooperation between the ICRC and the CSTO for the immediate and more distant future, as well as on the continuation of the practice of the Parties' participation in events organized by the CSTO and the ICRC, including the involvement of the ICRC representatives in the preparation and conduct of joint trainings of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system.
An important result of the event was the confirmation of mutual interest in improving the mechanism of cooperation between the CSTO and the ICRC on issues of compliance with the provisions of the international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts. Specific steps were identified for further broadening and deepening the dialog on humanitarian problems and issues of mutual interest.
The results of the event were reflected in the Resolution of the VII Coordination Meeting, which will determine the main directions of interaction between our Organizations in the near future.
The Parties agreed to hold the next Coordination Meeting in 2025 in Geneva.
