On 24 April 2024, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat consultations of the CSTO member states under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the theme: "On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation" took place.
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.
On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
An extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held
27.10.2022
On October 28, 2022, an extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held via videoconferencing, preceded by consultations of the foreign ministers of the Organization's member states.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the session.
ВDuring the session the information of the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas on the work of the Organization’s Mission, sent to the Republic of Armenia on September 15, 2022 by the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council in connection with the deteriorating situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, where at night on September 13, 2022 there were clashes with the use of heavy weapons and strike drones, which resulted in numerous casualties, was heard.
The members of the Collective Security Council, reaffirming the Organization's commitment to strengthening peace, international and regional security and stability, the collective defense of the independence and territorial integrity and sovereignty of the CSTO member states, discussed the current situation in the region and joint measures to assist the Republic of Armenia.
There was a firm conviction that the existing contradictions and contentious issues had to be resolved by political and diplomatic means, including in line with the agreements set out in the trilateral statements adopted on 9 November 2020, 11 January 2021 and 26 November 2021 by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the President of Russia and the President of Azerbaijan.
At the end of the session, members of the CSTO Collective Security Council made a number of proposals to finalize drafts of relevant decisions.
