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Collective Security Treaty Organization

This article is about a separate organization created in 2002. For previous military framework within the CIS, see United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States. For other uses, see Joint CIS Air Defense System.
Collective Security Treaty Organization
Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности
AbbreviationCSTO, ОДКБ (ODKB)
Formation
  • 14 February 1992 (as the Unified Armed Forces)
  • 15 May 1992 (as Collective Security Treaty)
  • 7 October 2002 (as Collective Security Treaty Organization)
TypeMilitary alliance
HeadquartersMoscow, Russia
Location
Region served
Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia, Northern Asia
Membership
Official language
Russian
Imangali Tasmagambetov
Andrey Serdyukov
Websiteodkb-csto.org

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO, Russian: Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности (ОДКБ), romanized: Organizacija dogovora o kollektivnoj bezopasnosti (ODKB)) is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia consisting of six post-Soviet states: Armenia,[note 1] Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.[4] 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. Former members of the CSTO military alliance were Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan.

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 2002 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.[5]

  1. ^ "Putin did not talk with Pashinyan about Armenia's CSTO membership — Kremlin". TASS. 23 February 2024. Kremlin spokesperson "The Armenian side did not take any official actions in this regard."
  2. ^ "Armenia's Membership In Russian-Led Defense Bloc 'Frozen'". azatutyun.am. RFE/RL. 23 February 2024. Pashinyan: "We have, in effect, frozen our participation in the CSTO."
  3. ^ "Armenia refuses to sign CSTO budget decision". PanARMENIAN Net. PAN Media. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  4. ^ Staff writer (2025). "Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  5. ^ Obydenkova, Anastassia (23 November 2010). "Comparative regionalism: Eurasian cooperation and European integration. The case for neofunctionalism?". Journal of Eurasian Studies. 2 (2): 91. doi:10.1016/j.euras.2011.03.001. S2CID 153643844.


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