Kazakh President Hosts CSTO Chief in Astana

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Imangali Tasmagambetov, on Friday in Astana.

During the meeting, the head of state was briefed on preparations for the upcoming session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, scheduled to be held at the end of November in the Kyrgyz Republic, The Caspian Post reports, citing Kazakh media.

The interlocutors also discussed several issues related to the key areas of the Organization’s activities.

Earlier, at the initiative of the Republic of Tajikistan, a special event was held in Minsk entitled “Synergy of Approaches of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Field of Deradicalization: Challenges and Opportunities."