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 CSTO CFM was held in Yerevan. Heads of diplomatic missions discussed the state of international and regional security and improvement of CSTO crisis response mechanisms
10.06.2022
The meeting was held in the narrow and plenary session format. The heads of diplomatic missions discussed the state of international and regional security and its impact on the security of the member states of the Organization.
Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council Nikol Pashinyan received the participants of the meeting. Welcoming, he said: "This year we have a double anniversary - we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Collective Security Organization. In this jubilee year it is very pleasant to note that after the covid was restored the dynamics that we have traditionally had. As we have already said, the anniversary is a very good occasion to analyze the path we have covered and to highlight the achievements we had, and talk about the shortcomings."
The CSTO Secretary General informed on the work being carried out by the Secretariat and the CSTO United Staff for the improvement of the Organization's crisis response mechanism in contemporary geopolitical realities. Stanislav Zas noted that this task became especially urgent and dynamic after Armenia announced its priorities in 2021, as well as after the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in January of this year.
After the meeting, the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary General of the CSTO briefed the media on the results of the meeting.
Specifically Stanislav Zas concerning the situation in and around the CSTO area of responsibility said that there is a further increase in international tension and the transformation of political and economic pressure into tools of Western policy towards the member states of the CSTO.
"If characterized as a whole, unfortunately, the situation on the whole perimeter of the CSTO remains tense," he noted.
The CSTO Secretary General informed that the foreign ministers spoke in favor of strengthening the unity of CSTO member states, further increasing the activity of the organization in all three priority areas of its activities - coordination of foreign policy, military cooperation, countering new challenges and threats.
The Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs adopted a STATEMENT of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States on international security issues. It expresses deep concern about the continuing degradation of the international security system, reaffirms the common position to uphold and strictly observe the principle of equal and indivisible security and stresses the inadmissibility of strengthening the security of some States at the expense of the security of others. The Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member States support the further strengthening of the supreme role of the UN Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security entrusted to it by the UN Charter.
By the decision of the CSTO CFM the Plan of consultations of representatives of member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on foreign policy, defense and security issues for 2022-2024, which in particular provides for consultations on the coordination of the CSTO member states' positions on international and regional security, the UN and OSCE agenda, as well as on issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation. The activities envisaged in this document will help to harmonize the approaches of member states to the entire range of issues of mutual interest.
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