The Logica International Organization: CSTO(Collective Security Treaty Organization) I. CSTO is an intergovernmental military alliance founded in 2002 by signing a charter in Tashkent by the Presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. II. CSTO is currently an observer organisation at the United Nations General Assembly. III. Signatories would not be able to join other military alliances or other groups of states. IV. While aggression against one signatory would be perceived as an aggression against all. To this end, the CSTO holds yearly military command exercises for the CSTO nations to have an opportunity to improve inter-organisation cooperation. The largest-scale CSTO military exercise held to date were the "Rubezh 2008" exercises hosted in Armenia where a combined total of 4,000 troops from all 7 constituent CSTO member countries conducted operative, strategic, and tactical training. V. Also, Russia has won the right to veto the establishment of new foreign military bases in the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO). In order to deploy military bases of a third country in the territory of the CSTO member-states, it is necessary to obtain the official consent of all its members. But, the tightening of rules for opening extra-regional military bases apparently does not apply to existing facilities, such as the U.S. transit centre in Kyrgyzstan, a German air transit facility in Uzbekistan and French military aircraft based in Tajikistan. This note is available in word format with underlined important points at The Logica IAS Academy and you can receive it by visiting or in correspondence programme. This note is the product of The Logica IAS Academy classroom programme, using this note for any commercial benefit is strictly prohibited. Thanks! #8744997583,9717445149
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