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.
The CSTO foreign ministers had a meeting in New York
21.09.2022
MOSCOW, Sept. 21. /TASS/. The Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization have discussed interaction with the United Nations and international security issues, including the situation in Afghanistan, at a meeting in New York. This was reported by the Russian Foreign Ministry at the end of the meeting.
"The partners have discussed coordination of approaches to the main issues on the agenda of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, ways to strengthen CSTO interaction with the UN, including in the area of the CSTO involvement in UN peacekeeping operations. There was an in-depth exchange of views on a wide range of topical international and regional security issues, including the organization's area of responsibility, as well as on the situation in Afghanistan," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The ministers also discussed preparations for the upcoming session of the Collective Security Council in Yerevan. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the meeting was an important stage in the work for further strengthening of foreign policy coordination within the CSTO and regular "time check" on topical issues of the current international situation.
