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 heads of state of the CSTO member states at the session of the Collective Security Council on December 21, 2015 in Moscow discussed the main problems of international security and adopted a Statement on countering international terrorism
21.12.2015December 21, this year. In Moscow, the Kremlin hosted a session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s Collective Security Council (CSC). The CSC includes the heads of the CSTO member states - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. During the intersessional period of 2015-2016, the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, is the Chairman of the CSTO CSC. The meeting of the Collective Security Council was held in a narrow composition and in the format of a plenary session.
The heads of state exchanged views on the current situation in the world, discussed the main problems of international security and possible steps of the CSTO to solve them. During the plenary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, a Statement of the Heads of State of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on countering international terrorism was adopted and a number of documents were signed, including the decisions of the CSTO Collective Security Council “On the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization”, “On rotation of officials of permanent working bodies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. ”
The Collective Security Council decided to extend the authority of the CSTO Secretary General Nikolai Bordyuzha until January 1, 2017.
The Chairman of the Collective Security Council, President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, in his speech to the media, summarized the session:
Speech by President Serzh Sargsyan at a meeting with media representatives on the results of the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council
"The session of the CSTO Collective Security Council has just ended. We have gathered against the background of a very complicated situation caused by the multiply increased threat of international terrorism, which has challenged the entire world community, the security of countries and entire regions.
The Statement on the Current Situation in the World, adopted at today's meeting, sets out assessments and approaches in relation to the most important issue of today - the issue of countering international terrorism.
The CSTO member states support the formation of a broad coalition on the basis of the provisions of the UN Charter, the norms and principles of international law. We are confident that the effective fight against terrorism cannot be waged without a reliable overlapping of the sources of its financing, blocking the channels of financial support.
We discussed the incident with the Russian military aircraft SU-24, which participated in the anti-terrorist operation in Syria and was shot down by Turkish armed forces. I believe that this step of Turkey does not contribute to the consolidation of international efforts aimed at countering terrorism, resolving the situation in Syria and restoring peace in the region. We, as allies of Russia, express our solidarity and support for the position of Moscow on this incident.
We had a very productive, direct conversation in a narrow composition, confirmed our readiness to consistently strengthen the CSTO’s power capabilities, build up the counter-terrorism component, and increase the combat readiness of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in order to effectively counter new challenges and threats.
We talked about the implementation of the agreements reached at the last meeting in Dushanbe (held on September 15, 2015), touched upon the plan of measures to implement the decisions of the September session and the priorities proposed by the Republic of Armenia for the Organization’s chairmanship.
I am confident that our well-coordinated joint efforts will ensure the effective implementation of the outlined plans, the implementation of which will be reviewed at the forthcoming 2016 session of the CSC in Yerevan.
In addition, two personnel decisions were taken: "On the Secretary General" and "On the rotation of officials of the permanent working bodies of the CSTO." We have unanimously decided to extend the term of the current Secretary General Bordyuzha to “01” “January” 2017. It was also decided to entrust the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Council of Ministers of Defense together with the Secretary General of the CSTO to prepare and submit for approval at the next session of the CSC proposals on the allocation of quota posts in the Secretariat, as well as proposals on the structure and distribution of quota posts in the CSTO Joint Staff. All of this fits into the system for implementing the Dushanbe agreements on the need to actively apply the principle of rotation. Nikolai Nikolayevich Bordyuzha successfully heads the CSTO Secretariat, knows the legal framework of the Organization well, which is important for the successful implementation of this order. Thanks for attention".
The CSTO includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan.
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