Collective Security Treaty Organization
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The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)[2] is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. The Collective Security Treaty has its origins in the Soviet Armed Forces, which was replaced in 1992 by the United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and was then itself replaced by the successor armed forces of the respective independent states.
| Հավաքական անվտանգության պայմանագրի կազմակերպություն (Armenian) Арганізацыя Дамовы аб калектыўнай бясьпецы (Belarusian) Ұжымдық қауіпсіздік туралы шарт ұйымы Ūjymdyq Qauıpsızdık Turaly Şart Ūiymy (Kazakh) Жамааттык коопсуздук жөнүндө келишим уюму (Kyrgyz) Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности (Russian) Созмони Аҳдномаи амнияти дастаҷамъӣ (Tajik) | |
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_-_Организация_Договора_о_коллективной_безопасности_(ОДКБ).png) Map showing the CSTO members, observers and associated members. Includes the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, the Occupied territories of Georgia, the breakaway Republic of Artsakh and Transnistria. | |
| Abbreviation | CSTO |
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| Type | Military alliance |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia |
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Membership | 6 members 1 observer 3 former members 1 former observer |
Official language | Russian |
Secretary General | Imangali Tasmagambetov |
Chairman | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Website | odkb-csto.org |
Similar to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty and the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, Article 4 of the Collective Security Treaty (CST) establishes that an aggression against one signatory would be perceived as an aggression against all. The CSTO charter reaffirmed the desire of all participating states to abstain from the use or threat of force. Signatories are prohibited from joining other military alliances.[3]