Bishkek, Nov. 9, 2018. /Kabar/. “Kyrgyzstan will make every effort to further enhance the capacity of the Organization and improve the CSTO image in the international arena,” President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov said on November 8 at the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The press service of the President’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic reported that at the plenary session the following issues were examined: the Annual Report of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the implementation of the decisions of the November (2017) session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the statutory bodies of the Organization and priority areas of activity during the chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Jeenbekov expressed gratitude to the Kazakh side for the effective chairmanship at the CSTO, as well as to President Nursultan Nazarbayev for organizing the meeting and the warm welcome.
“We have discussed in a narrow format a number of important issues relating to current problems of regional and international security. Following today's meeting, the chairmanship of the CSTO for the next intersessional period passes to the Kyrgyz Republic. In this regard, I would like to assure everyone that the Kyrgyz side will make every effort to further enhance the capacity of the Organization and improve the image of the CSTO in the international arena,” the President said.
The President of the Kyrgyz Republic stressed that the growing uncertainty in international politics, the persistent hotbeds of tension in the world, especially in the Middle East and Afghanistan, continue to have a negative impact on regional security. In this regard, he highlighted the role of each of the Organization’s member states in ensuring overall defense capability.
“At the same time, the terrorist threat is not reduced, the volumes of illegal drug trafficking, illegal migration, and crimes in cyberspace remain high. All this dictates the need to continue active interaction of the Organization's member states, including in terms of foreign policy coordination. In this context, further collective efforts need to be focused on the most pressing issues. It is from this that our priorities in the chairmanship come,” the President said and presented them to his counterparts.
First. Continuing to increase the capacity of the CSTO by improving interaction with other international and regional organizations, as well as with third countries.
Second. Completion of legal procedure and transition to the day-to-day operation of the CSTO Crisis Response Center.
Adjusting the mechanism of its interaction with the crisis response centers of the member states.
Third. In the field of coalition military construction it is necessary:
- to develop a legal framework for the formation of bases with stocks of material resources in the territories of member states;
- to improve the training and deployment of the CSTO Collective Forces.
Fourth. In the field of military-economic and military-technical cooperation:
- further development of cooperation between enterprises and organizations of defense industries in the interests of ensuring mutual deliveries of military products;
- creation of service centers for the repair and maintenance of weapons and military equipment.
Fifth. In the area of countering modern challenges and threats:
- continuation of measures to form a common antiterrorist space within the framework of the CSTO;
- continuation of work on the formation of a Unified list and register of organizations recognized as terrorist and extremist in the CSTO member states;
- promotion in the CSTO format of measures to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy;
- noting the intensification of hotbeds of tension along the perimeter of the borders of the CSTO member states, to support efforts to advance the inter-Afghan peaceful political dialogue;
- Improving operational cooperation in the identification, prevention and suppression of the use of information and communication technologies for terrorist and extremist purposes.
Sixth. In the field of information support of the CSTO activities, to continue activities on the formation and development of a positive image of the Organization.
“I am confident that the designated areas are in the interests of all the CSTO member states and will serve to strengthen our collective security in the current realities of the modern world. External circumstances in the world require the adoption of concerted and mutually beneficial decisions on a wide range of issues. Collective efforts are important in ensuring security not only in the interests of the well-being of the Organization’s member states, but also of the countries of our vast region. I consider it reasonable to consistently expand the cooperation of the CSTO with interested states and international structures. I would like to express my hope for your support and constructive cooperation during the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz Republic,” Sooronbay Jeenbekov concluded.
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