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.
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.
