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 final 70th meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council took place in 2020. The Action Plan for the Implementation of the Decisions of the Session of the Collective Security Council and the Priorities of the Republic of Tajikistan in the course of the Chairm
29.12.2020On December 29, this year, under the chairmanship of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan Hasan Sultonov, the 70th meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in 2020 was held by videoconferencing. The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the meeting.
The issue of the draft Action Plan for the Implementation of the Decisions of the Session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on December 2, 2020, and the implementation of the priority areas proposed by the Republic of Tajikistan for the period of its chairmanship in the CSTO was considered. It was decided to send the document to the ministries of foreign affairs of the CSTO member states.
In the course of the meeting, discussions continued on a number of draft political statements related to the fight against terrorism, the prohibition of the development and production of new types of weapons of mass destruction, efforts to stabilize the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as ensuring comprehensive stability in the world. Work on these draft documents will continue at subsequent meetings of the CSTO Permanent Council in 2021.
The Permanent Council also discussed the issue of advisory activity of experts from involved governmental agencies of the CSTO member states on the development of relevant documents on biological safety issues.
At the end of the meeting, the participants wished everyone a Happy New Year and wished successful activities of the Organization in 2021, as well as stability, peace and security to the CSTO member states.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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