On 20 December, a joint training session was held between the duty shifts of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the command posts of the defense and emergency ministries of the Organization's member states.
On 10 and 11 December, the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted videoconference consultations of representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states on the organization of joint training activities in 2026 for the CSTO collective security system's command and control bodies and formations.
On December 11, 2024, Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General and Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General for Peacekeeping, held a meeting with the delegation of the Monitoring Group (MG) of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees 1267/1989/2253 on ISIS and “Al-Qaeda” and 1988 on the Taliban Movement.
On December 11, 2024, the 40th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. Ordabayev and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General T. Masadykov. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization's member states and representatives of the UNOCT, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the SCO RATS, and the ICRC.
In Bishkek, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubayev
10.03.2023
At the beginning of the conversation the Foreign Minister J.M. Kulubayev congratulated I.N. Tasmagambetov on the beginning of his work in such a high position, expressing to him the full support of the Kyrgyz side. Further, Minister J.M. Kulubayev noted that the Kyrgyz Republic considered membership in the CSTO as one of the key areas of its foreign policy. In this regard, the Kyrgyz Foreign Minister assured the CSTO Secretary General that the Kyrgyz Republic supported the CSTO activities to ensure collective security of its member states against external threats and challenges. At the same time, Minister J.M. Kulubayev drew attention to the need for further strengthening and development of the CSTO potential, especially in preventing crises in its area of responsibility and development of legally and politically binding mechanisms for the non-use of force in resolving bilateral disputes between the CSTO member states.
For his part, the CSTO Secretary General I.N. Tasmagambetov thanked the leadership of the Kyrgyz Republic for supporting the approval of his candidacy for this responsible position. Further, the CSTO Secretary General informed Minister J.M. Kulubayev about the implementation of decisions of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the work plan for the current year. I.N. Tasmagambetov assured the Minister J.M. Kulubaev that the positions and proposals of the Kyrgyz Republic regarding the development of CSTO capacities would be taken into account.
