CSTO leaders sign package of documents at Minsk summit

A total of 15 documents were submitted for signing. “All the matters were discussed and approved during sessions of CSTO charter bodies and are ready for signing,” CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov said during the plenary session.

The CSTO Collective Security Council signed a declaration, which is designed to emphasize fundamental principles of the organization's operation. The document expresses the organization's stance on topical international security problems.

A decision on measures to develop the Collective Security Treaty Organization's crisis response system was made. A new revision was adopted of the regulation on the procedure for making and implementing collective decisions on using forces and assets of the CSTO collective security system.

The CSTO Collective Security Council also approved a regulation on the joint press center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Decisions on a number of personnel matters were signed. Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov of Russia was appointed Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff. A decision was made on distributing quota-based jobs in the organization for the next three-year period.

The structure of the CSTO Joint Staff has been adjusted for the sake of improving the performance of working bodies of the organization as they deal with current tasks and new ones.

The heads of state also discussed matters concerning the enhancement and development of military cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the organization's budget.

They decided that presidency over the Collective Security Treaty Organization will pass from Belarus to Kazakhstan as from 1 January 2024. During the expanded-participation session of the CSTO Collective Security Council the Kazakhstan president presented information about Kazakhstan's priorities during the presidency.

The next session of the CSTO Collective Security Council will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan in Q4 2024.