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.
Consultations of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states were held in Yerevan
07.10.2022
On October 7, 2022 in Yerevan, under the chairmanship of the Armenian side, the consultations of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states were held with the participation of the delegations of the Secretariat and the Joint Staff headed by the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev.
In the course of the meeting, a package of documents consisting of 16 drafts on topical issues of political and military-technical cooperation among the member states of the Organization was discussed in detail. As a result of consultations, a number of drafts were finalized and agreed upon.
The event was an important step in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies, scheduled for November of this year.
Consultations were held in accordance with the Action Plan for the implementation of decisions of the September (2021) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the implementation of the priority activities of the Organization during the presidency of the Republic of Armenia.
