The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the final stage of the joint tactical and special training “Rock-2024” with units of the bodies authorized in the field of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations of the CSTO member states. The event took place at the basic training ground for the CSTO rescue units “Rock City-Astana”.
From 3 to 6 September, participants in the command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces “Interaction-2024”, the special trainings “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” are regrouping in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Issues related to the preparation of proposals for the deployment and use of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in the Central Asian region of collective security are being worked out in the period from 3 to 4 September during a joint training session of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat in Moscow on the basis of the Crisis Response Centre.
On September 3, 2024 in Moscow, in accordance with the Plan of consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense issues for 2022-2024 (item 7), consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on the agenda of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly were held.
The Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Colonel-General Andrei Nikolaevich Serdyukov, has today given a briefing on the subject of “Preparedness of the CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization's management bodies and formations of forces and means for the conduct of joint trainings”.
Representatives of the press services of the defense departments and mass media of the CSTO member states took part in the event via videoconferencing.
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.
