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.
FEBRUARY 2 - ONLINE - BRIEFING OF THE CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL STANISLAV ZAS
25.01.2021"The military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it, the results of the CSTO activities in 2020 and the tasks for 2021"
On February 2, 2021, at 12.00 Moscow time, the press center of the TASS news agency will host an online briefing by the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas on the topic “The military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it, the results of the CSTO activities in 2020 and the tasks for 2021” with video connection of media representatives by prior accreditation.
At the end of 2020, meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies were held - the Collective Security Council, the Council of Ministers of Defense, the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils, at which an assessment of the military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it at present was given, important documents were signed concerning the coordination of the CSTO's foreign policy activities, the development of the military component of the Organization and countering modern challenges and threats. The CSTO Collective Security Council Declaration was adopted, tasks were set to implement the Organization's priorities in 2021.
Stanislav Zas will also inform about important steps to develop the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces to participate in peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the UN.
The CSTO includes the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and the Republic of Tajikistan.
Accreditation is available through the press center of the TASS news agency.
Tel: +7 (499) 791-03-87, +7 (903) 284-25-41. Media representatives can take part in the event remotely by prior accreditation. To do this, when registering, one must specify the personal mobile phone number to which the WhatsApp application is linked.
The broadcast will be available on the TASS news agency website on the announcement page and the CSTO website odkb-csto.orgodkb-csto.org, as well as in the press center of the TASS news agency group on Facebook and on the CSTO's official accounts:
Twitter https://twitter.com/CSTO_ODKB
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7-495-795-27-10
+7-495-621-33-23-tel
E-mail: odkb-pressa@gov.ru
