The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov told RIA Novosti, commenting on the terrorist attack in “Crocus City Hall” that terrorism was used in hybrid warfare, provoked inter-ethnic and inter-religious discord, so the CSTO member states needed tools to counter this phenomenon.
In the period from 12 to 13 March 2024, in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a strategic command and staff training is being conducted under the supervision of Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the Joint Staff, during which issues related to stabilizing the situation in the Central Asian region of collective security in the context of the growing threat of a crisis situation are being worked out.
Imangali Tasmagambetov - on the relations between the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Armenian leadership, the CSTO peacekeeping work and the security situation in Eurasia.
On 11 March 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a round table on "Cooperation in the Information and Analytical Sphere to Ensure Collective Security" on the occasion of the Tajik Press Day. The event was attended by the Head of the Department for the Study of Regional Security Problems of the Strategic Research Centre under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Sayhamid Sharifzoda, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the CSTO, Khasan Sultonov, and representatives of the Tajik media.
Face to face consultations of the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow on topical issues of the Organization's activities
01.04.2021On March 31, this year, In Moscow, the Deputy Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states held face to face consultations, in the course of which they discussed preparations for the meetings of the statutory bodies in April and May of this year, cooperation with third countries and international organizations, as well as the development of public diplomacy.
An interested exchange of views took place on a wide range of issues on the role and place of the CSTO in modern international architecture, popularizing the activities of the Organization and increasing its authority.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the consultations.
Taking into account the entry into force on January 19, 2021, of the documents establishing the statuses of the Partner and Observer under the CSTO, special attention was paid to the issue of establishing cooperation with interested countries and international organizations.
In his speech, the CSTO Secretary General noted that new opportunities were opening up to attract interested third countries and international organizations to interaction within the CSTO. “All necessary changes have been made to the Charter of the Organization. Now we have to determine the circle of states and international organizations that could apply for the status of the Observer under the CSTO or the CSTO Partner, as well as develop an algorithm for working with potential candidates,” he said.
Concerning the sphere of CSTO public diplomacy, Stanislav Zas noted that it was an integral part of official diplomacy and represented a set of measures that were carried out to systematically inform the public and political circles of the CSTO member states and third countries about the main directions of the CSTO activities, relying on the capabilities of civil society, at the national, regional and international levels.
“The practical goal of public diplomacy is to bring to the world community objective information about the CSTO, positioning on major international issues, and building a positive image of the Organization as an effective multifunctional international security structure in the Eurasian space. Ultimately, this goal is in promoting the multidimensional process of forming favorable external conditions for the safe and stable development of the CSTO member states,” Stanislav Zas said.
In the course of the consultations, issues of developing relations with the CIS and the SCO were also discussed.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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