CSTO is continuously monitoring the situation in the Organization’s area of responsibility

A special group consisting of representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization has been formed to permanently monitor the situation in the Organization’s area of responsibility.
A special working group consisting of members of the Secretariat and military personnel of the Joint Staff is being established within the Organization to constantly monitor the situation in the CSTO’s area of responsibility. This is being done in addition to sending to Armenia a CSTO mission that includes Stanislav Zas, CSTO Secretary General, as its head, as well as Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, and representatives of the CSTO Member States who will assess the situation, prepare a detailed report to the heads of state at the next session of the Collective Security Council (scheduled for autumn in Yerevan) on the situation in the region and work out proposals to de-escalate the tension.
According to the Organization’s official website, the decision to establish the group was adopted at an extraordinary session of the Collective Security Council of the CSTO held remotely on Tuesday.
“The meeting decided to establish a working group consisting of the Secretariat and Joint Staff personnel for continuous monitoring of the situation in the CSTO’s area of responsibility.”
As you may recall, at the initiative of the Republic of Armenia, which presides in the CSTO, an extraordinary session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held on September 13, 2022, titled On the Deteriorating Situation in Certain Areas on the Border Between Armenia and Azerbaijan and on Assistance in Resolving the Situation. The meeting was attended by Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia; Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Sadyr Japarov, President of the Kyrgyz Republic; Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation; Kohir Rasulzoda, Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan; Aleksandr Volfovich, State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia informed the participants of the meeting about the situation in certain areas on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, where starting from the midnight of September 13, 2022, armed hostilities broke out with the use of heavy weaponry and UAVs, resulting in casualties. The meeting participants expressed their condolences to the Armenian side.