Collective Security Treaty Organization
intergovernmental military alliance among post-Soviet states
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO; Russian: Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности, romanized: Organizacija Dogovora o kollektivnoj bezopasnosti; Russian: ОДКБ, romanized: ODKB) is a government military alliance in Eurasia. Its members of some post-Soviet states. The treaty was inspired by the Soviet Armed Forces.
Հավաքական անվտանգության պայմանագրի կազմակերպություն/Havakakan anvtangutän paymanagri kazmakerputyun (Armenian) Арганізацыя Дамовы аб калектыўнай бясьпецы – Arhanizacyja Damovy ab kalektyúnaj biaśpiecy (Belarusian) Ұжымдық қауіпсіздік туралы шарт ұйымы – Ūjymdyq qauıpsızdık turaly şart ūiymy (Kazakh) Жамааттык коопсуздук жөнүндө келишим уюму/Camaattıq qoopsuzduq cönündö kelişim uyumu (Kyrgyz) Organizacija Dogovora o kollektivnoj bezopasnosti (Russian) Созмони Аҳдномаи амнияти дастаҷамъӣ/Sozmoni Ahdnomai amniyati dastacam'í (Tajik) | |
Abbreviation | CSTO |
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Formation |
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Type | Military alliance |
Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
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Membership | 6 members 3 former members 1 observers |
Official language | Russian |
Secretary General | Imangali Tasmagambetov |
Chairman | Nikol Pashinyan |
Website | odkb-csto.org |
On 15 May 1992, six post-Soviet states belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, signed the Collective Security Treaty.[3]
Notes
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change- ↑ Taylor & Francis (2020). "Republic of Crimea". The Territories of the Russian Federation 2020. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-00706-7.
Note: The territories of the Crimean peninsula, comprising Sevastopol City and the Republic of Crimea, remained internationally recognised as constituting part of Ukraine, following their annexation by Russia in March 2014.
- ↑ "MULTILATERAL Treaty on collective security. Concluded at Tashkent on 15 May 1992. Correction of 18 May 1995 of the above-mentioned Treaty. Correction of 9 October 1995 of the above-mentioned Treaty" (PDF).
- ↑ ed, Alexei G. Arbatov ... (1999). Russia and the West : the 21st century security environment. Armonk, NY [u.a.]: Sharpe. p. 62. ISBN 978-0765604323. Retrieved 25 February 2015.