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 Joint Staff held consultations aimed at improving the preparation and conduct of trainings with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces
15.06.2023
On June 14, this year, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Air Force Major-General Turaly Koyshikulov, consultations were held via videoconferencing with authorized representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff to finalize, taking into account the positions received on the results of internal approval, the draft Decision of the CFM, the CMD and the CSTO CSSC "On methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces”.
Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the consultations.
The Draft Decision of the CFM, the CMD and the CSTO CSSC " On methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces" was developed by the CSTO Joint Staff taking into account the experience of peacekeeping trainings and as part of work to amend the regulatory acts governing the joint operational and combat training of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) to bring the currently effective methodological recommendations in line with the Regulation on procedure for preparation and conduct of joint combat trainings in the CSTO format.
In the course of consultations, draft Methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces were discussed, finalized and largely agreed upon. As a result of the consultations, it was decided to recommend to the CSTO Joint Staff to submit a draft document for consideration by the CSTO Permanent Council.
We recall that this year's joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" is planned at the final stage of the joint operational-strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2023". On the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, the tasks of post-conflict settlement in the crisis zone will be practiced by conducting a peacekeeping operation using the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system in the interests of maintaining peace and security.
The peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states are specially trained military, police (police) and civilian personnel, as well as forces and means provided by member states to the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. Their total number is 3,800.
For each peacekeeping operation, the composition, structure and size of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces are determined by decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, based on the scope of the tasks to be performed and the specific situation in the conflict zone.
