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 Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation held regular CSTO Courses
24.04.2024
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
The training of representatives of the CSTO member states is organized in accordance with the Agreement on Military Personnel Training for the CSTO member states.
A course of lectures and practical trainings was held for students on politico-military issues, crisis response to contemporary challenges and threats, military cooperation in the CSTO format, as well as military strategy, military management and military economics. The classes were conducted by faculty members of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, staff of the CSTO Secretariat and servicemen of the CSTO Joint Staff.
On 23 April, at the summing up of the results of the CSTO Course, with the participation of Lieutenant General A.V. Sergeantov, the Deputy Head of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and S.M. Zaitsev, the Head of the Department of Military Security Problems of the CSTO Secretariat, the trainees received certificates of advanced training of the established standard.
The CSTO courses held on an annual basis significantly improve the knowledge of the senior staff and leading specialists of the state and military administration bodies of the CSTO member states and help to strengthen allied relations within the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
