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.
During the first stage of the joint exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2018", the plan of a peacekeeping operation in a conditional state was worked out.
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The head of the exercise, Lieutenant-General Yuri Petrov, Deputy Commander of the Central Military District, approved the decision of the Commander of the CSTO Collective Peace-keeping forces .
For the first time, officers of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization were included in the composition of the command of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO at joint exercises.
"This is an experimental year for us. For the first time, we are inviting CSTO headquarters officers to exercise not as observers, but to full-time positions at command posts, where they perform functional duties in accordance with the tasks set by the Commander of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces. The experiment is successful," CSTO headquarters Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.
The exercises involve military contingents from six CSTO member states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, as well as the operational group of the CSTO Joint Staff, police (militia) forces and units of the CSTO ministries.
In general, during the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2018” maneuvers, the peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states work out actions to monitor compliance with the cease-fire agreement and the actions of the population in the area of responsibility, and perform tasks to assist in the restoration of peaceful life in the territories affected by attacks international terrorist organizations, as well as transport control, suppressing the illegal import and export of military equipment, weapons, ammunition and explosives. In cooperation with the police (police) personnel, they will work out the actions of the CSTO Collective Peace-keeping forces units in carrying out tasks to counter the riots.
The total number of participants in the exercise is about 1.3 thousand people, 300 units of military equipment and 20 units of various types of aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles, are involved. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross also take part in the exercise.
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