Moscow hosted consultations of the CSTO member States representatives on issues on the agenda of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly

On September 7, 2021 planned consultations of the CSTO member States representatives on issues on the agenda of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly took place. The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khayrulloyev, as well as leading experts from the specialized units of the ministries of foreign affairs of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretariat took part in the consultations.

Participants in the consultations have discussed in detail the issues of allied cooperation among the CSTO member States in the course of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, which opens in New York on September 14.

The special importance of joint actions of the CSTO member States in the UN was emphasized in favor of uniting the efforts of the world community under the conditions of aggravation of the situation in the world and the spread of terrorism, aggravated by the public health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to solve the key UN task of ensuring international peace, regional and global stability.

Special attention was paid to coordinating positions on such key topical issues as the development of the situation in and around Afghanistan and CSTO participation in UN peacekeeping activities. An exchange of views was also held on a number of draft joint statements that CSTO member States plan to adopt at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.

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