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.
A working meeting with participants in a meeting of chairmen of committees (commissions) of the parliaments of CSTO member states with jurisdiction over international relations, defense and security issues was held at the CSTO Joint Staff
08.02.2024
On 7 February, participants in a meeting of the chairmen of the committees (commissions) of the parliaments of the CSTO member states, with jurisdiction over international relations, defense and security issues visited the CSTO Joint Staff.
Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, briefed the participants in the meeting on the activities of the Organization's Crisis Response Centre and the structural subunits of the Joint Staff. The delegation was informed of the main conclusions from the assessment of the politico-military situation in the collective security regions, the improvement of crisis response mechanisms and the main tasks of the Joint Staff for 2024.
The participants of the working meeting have discussed topical issues of improving the system of collective security, the implementation of priority areas of the CSTO for the period of the presidency of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Organization in 2024 and cooperation in the development of documents and joint activities.
Following the working meeting, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov noted in particular that "the Joint Staff considers it important to continue to maintain close cooperation with the structures of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in order to successfully resolve the tasks".
