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 Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the 87th meeting of the Council of Border Troops Commanders
19.10.2023
On 19 October, in Yerevan (the Republic of Armenia), the regular 87th session of the Council of the Border Troops Commanders was held.
The meeting was attended by delegations of border agencies of the CIS member states, heads of cooperating competent bodies of the Commonwealth and working structures of international organizations.
The meeting analyzed the situation on the external borders of the CIS member states and discussed the results of the activities aimed at forming a system to ensure collective border security.
Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, spoke on the topic "Challenges and threats to the security of the CSTO member states in the CSTO area of responsibility and measures to neutralize them". Valery Semerikov expressed his gratitude to the border guard agencies of the CSTO member states for the contribution they were making through their participation to enhancing the effectiveness of special operations conducted in the CSTO format.
As margin notes of the 87th meeting of the Council of Border Troops Commanders, Valery Semerikov held working meetings with the Chairman of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia Armen Abazyan, the heads of the border services of the CSTO member states and the Head of the CIS ATC Evgeny Sysoyev.
