Collective Security Treaty Organisation

Collective Security Treaty Organisation

News: The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has marked its 30th year, at anniversary summit hosted by Moscow recently.

About:
• It is an intergovernmental military alliance (six countries) that came into effect in 2002.
• Its origin can be traced to the Collective Security Treaty, 1992 (Tashkent Treaty).
• The headquarters is located in the Russian capital of Moscow.
• The objectives of the CSTO is to strengthen peace, international and regional security including cybersecurity and stability, the protection on a collective basis of the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states.

Composition:

What does the membership imply?
• CSTO membership means that member states are barred from joining other military alliances, limiting, for example, their relationship with NATO.
• Most importantly, membership presumes certain key security assurances – the most significant of which is deterring military aggression by third countries.
• In the CSTO, aggression against one signatory is perceived as aggression against all.