Tasks of the CSTO in the Context of Growing International Tension: a View from the Capitals
On February 9, 2022, two sessions of the conference “Collective Security in a New Era: Experience and Prospects of the CSTO”, organised by the Valdai Discussion Club with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry, took place. The first session “Tasks of the CSTO in the Context of Growing International Tension: a View from the Capitals” began at 10:00 a.m. Moscow Time. Regional conflicts tend to escalate in the face of growing international imbalances and instability. The scenarios for these aggravations are quite diverse, which requires especially painstaking and careful work on the part of the associations responsible for ensuring national and regional security. A separate issue is the coordination of interests and readiness to cooperate on a wide range of issues that may not affect all allies, but only part of them. How do the capitals of member states see the most urgent tasks of the CSTO, how full is the upcoming agenda? Speakers: Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club; Aleksandr Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Stanislav Zas, CSTO Secretary-General; Armen Ghevondyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia; Marat Syzdykov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Nuran Niyazaliev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic; Sodiq Imomi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan; Vyacheslav Remenchik, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Moderator: Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
On February 9, 2022, two sessions of the conference “Collective Security in a New Era: Experience and Prospects of the CSTO”, organised by the Valdai Discussion Club with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry, took place. The first session “Tasks of the CSTO in the Context of Growing International Tension: a View from the Capitals” began at 10:00 a.m. Moscow Time. Regional conflicts tend to escalate in the face of growing international imbalances and instability. The scenarios for these aggravations are quite diverse, which requires especially painstaking and careful work on the part of the associations responsible for ensuring national and regional security. A separate issue is the coordination of interests and readiness to cooperate on a wide range of issues that may not affect all allies, but only part of them. How do the capitals of member states see the most urgent tasks of the CSTO, how full is the upcoming agenda? Speakers: Andrey Bystritskiy, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club; Aleksandr Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Stanislav Zas, CSTO Secretary-General; Armen Ghevondyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia; Marat Syzdykov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Nuran Niyazaliev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic; Sodiq Imomi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan; Vyacheslav Remenchik, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Moderator: Fyodor Lukyanov, Research Director of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club.