On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
From 22 to 26 April, this year, the CSTO Secretariat is holding an annual training meeting for representatives of ministries and departments of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states without military status.
The meeting was held in the city of Moscow under the chairmanship of Viktor Zinoviev, Secretary of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation (ICMEC, Commission).
The CSTO Secretary General spoke at a meeting of the Committee on CIS Affairs of the Russian State Duma
20.01.2022
On January 20, this year, the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in a meeting of the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The meeting was also attended by the chairmen of the Committees on Defense, Security and Counteraction to Corruption.
The CSTO Secretary General briefed the deputies on the situation in the Eastern European, Caucasus and Central Asian regions of the CSTO collective security and outlined the threats emanating from the territory of Afghanistan. Stanislav Zas stressed the need to assist the Republic of Tajikistan in deterring potential threats.
He also spoke about the organization's activities in foreign policy coordination, military cooperation, and countering challenges and threats.
The CSTO Secretary General separately informed deputies about the results of the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan. "The operation was successfully completed, all contingents of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces have completely withdrawn from the country and returned to their permanent bases. There are no casualties among the personnel, weapons and military equipment," Stanislav Zas noted. He also reported that the rapid deployment of the CSTO CPF in accordance with Articles 2 and 4 of the Collective Security Treaty, at the request of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, helped to quickly turn the tide in the Republic of Kazakhstan and restore stability and constitutional order in the country. The UN Security Council was notified of this decision, as well as the Secretaries General of the OSCE and the SCO," he said.
After the speech of the CSTO Secretary General there was an exchange of views on the activities of the CSTO and its parliamentary component, the CSTO PA.
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