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 is holding a strategic command and staff training
12.03.2024
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.
As the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov noted at the event, the training "is being conducted in a complex international environment". "Old conflicts are escalating in various regions of the world and new hotbeds of tension are being provoked, including in the CSTO area of responsibility. Modern crises are increasingly acquiring a hybrid nature and require comprehensive approaches to resolve them," he pointed out.
According to him, one of the most important goals of the training is to clarify the algorithm of collective anti-crisis actions and assess their effectiveness taking into account the provisions of the decision "On measures to develop the CSTO crisis response system" adopted by the CSTO Collective Security Council on 23 November 2023.
The Chief of the Joint Staff, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, in particular, noted that "the strategic command and staff training is a key event that determines the initial data for the preparation of the command and staff training with the CSTO peacekeeping forces "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2024", which will be held on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan this autumn".
A military, political and strategic training situation has been created for the training, the idea of which includes a number of conventions and changes in the names of states and international organizations. According to the situation, one of the options for escalating potential threats in the Organization's area of responsibility is simulated and a crisis situation is envisaged in a simulate state in the Central Asian region of collective security.
In accordance with the idea, the President of a member state of the Organization requested assistance from the Chairman of the Collective Security Council. Following an extraordinary session of the Collective Security Council, a decision was taken to conduct a peacekeeping operation.
In order to implement that decision, the Crisis Response Center and operational groups of the Organization's member states have been deployed.
In the course of the strategic command and staff training, issues relating to the preparation of proposals and draft decisions by the CSTO bodies on the conduct of a peacekeeping operation are being worked out. Particular attention is being paid to the formation of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces, the procedure for its regrouping and deployment in the conflict area and the provision of military and technical assistance.
