Collective Security Treaty Organization
About the organization :
- The Collective Security Treaty Organization(CSTO) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia.
- It consists of six post-Soviet states : Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, 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.
- 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.
- The CSTO holds yearly military command exercises for the CSTO nations to have an opportunity to improve inter-organization cooperation.
- A CSTO military exercise called “Rubezh 2008” was hosted in Armenia, where a combined total of 4,000 troops from all seven constituent CSTO member countries conducted operative, strategic and tactical training.
Syllabus : Prelims
