On 13 November 2023, the XVI meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Consultative Coordination Centre for Responding to Computer Incidents (CSTO CCC) was held in Moscow, with the participation of leading experts and representatives of the national authorized bodies for Responding to Computer Incidents of the CSTO member states.
A meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held in Minsk on 23 November.
The heads of states have discussed in detail current problems of international and regional security and the main results of the activities of the CSTO during the inter-sessional period.
A meeting of the heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has begun in Minsk in the narrow format.
On 22 November 2023, in Minsk, a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO was held. Representatives of the Republic of Armenia did not take part in the meeting.
In accordance with the Action Plan for the implementation of the decisions of the November 20-22 session of the CSTO CSC and the fulfilment of the priority areas of the Organization’s activities, two documents relevant to the stabilization of the situation in the South Caucasus have been developed so far under the chairmanship of the Republic of Belarus.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev met with the UN Assistant Secretary General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Miroslav Jenča
On 14 August 2023, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev met with the UN Assistant Secretary General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas Miroslav Jenča at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues related to cooperation between the United Nations and the CSTO, which is progressively developing based on the provisions of the regular UN General Assembly Resolution adopted in November 2022. The active participation of the CSTO Secretariat in the international discussion on the “New Agenda for Peace”, an initiative of United Nations Secretary General António Guterres ahead of the “Millennium Summit” scheduled for September 2024, was noted with satisfaction.
A thorough exchange of views was held on the security situation in the various CSTO areas of responsibility.
Miroslav Jenča was also briefed on the systematic work being carried out in the CSTO to integrate the collective peacekeeping potential into the work of the United Nations.
The parties expressed readiness for further productive contacts, including during the forthcoming high-level week “on the margins” of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.