CSTO Secretary General holds talks with secretaries of Security Councils of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Bishkek, Sept. 16, 2022. / Kabar /. Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas held talks with Secretaries of the Security Councils of Kyrgyzstan Marat Imankulov and Tajikistan Nasrullo Mahmudzoda in connection with the aggravation of the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.

According to the CSTO press service, during the talks, the sides spoke of the need for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations on the current situation through the competent authorities to resolve the conflict exclusively by peaceful means.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting in 2022 of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. The treaty had its origins in the Soviet Armed Forces, which was replaced in 1992 by the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and was then itself replaced by the successor armed forces of the respective independent states.

Similar to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty (CST) establishes that an aggression against one signatory would be perceived as an aggression against all. The CSTO charter reaffirmed the desire of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat of force. Signatories are prohibited from joining other military alliances