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.
In the Kyrgyz Republic the CSTO International anti-drug training "Thunder-2019" ("Grom-2019") has started
06.08.2019
On August 6, 2019, at the Edelweiss training ground (Balykchy, Issyk-Kul region) of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, the international tactical and special training “Thunder-2019” ("Grom-2019") of special units of the anti-drug services that are part of the Special Forces Formation of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force began. It is being held in accordance with the Plan of joint events and combat training of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Force, as well as with the Plan of implementing the priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic for the period of its chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The training was opened by the Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Kyrgyz Republic Almaz Orozaliev and the CSTO Acting Secretary General the Valery Semerikov.
During the first phase of the “Thunder-2019” ("Grom-2019") training, in which the special forces of the anti-drug departments, internal affairs agencies, the national guard, special services of the Organization member states that are part of the Special Forces Units of the CRRF CSTO, as well as the armed forces, will solve educational and applied tasks in the mountains.
In the process of fulfilling training tasks, special forces from the CSTO member states, in close contact with operational officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and units of the Armed Forces, in conditions as close as possible to combat, will work out interaction and gain invaluable experience and skills in participating in a joint special operation. Also, aviation will be involved from the Russian air base in Kant, which is an integral part of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of the CSTO.
As part of the second phase of the training, tactical shooting competitions from military weapons will be held, and practical actions will be taken of the combined operational and combat special forces groups in solving missions for their intended purpose.
