Collective Security Treaty Organization

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO; Russian: Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности, romanized: Organizacija Dogovora o kollektivnoj bezopasnosti; Russian: ОДКБ, romanized: ODKB) is a government military alliance in Eurasia. Its members of some post-Soviet states. The treaty was inspired by the Soviet Armed Forces.

Collective Security Treaty Organization

Հավաքական անվտանգության պայմանագրի կազմակերպություն/Havakakan anvtangutän paymanagri kazmakerputyun (Armenian) Арганізацыя Дамовы аб калектыўнай бясьпецы – Arhanizacyja Damovy ab kalektyúnaj biaśpiecy (Belarusian) Ұжымдық қауіпсіздік туралы шарт ұйымы – Ūjymdyq qauıpsızdık turaly şart ūiymy (Kazakh) Жамааттык коопсуздук жөнүндө келишим уюму/Camaattıq qoopsuzduq cönündö kelişim uyumu (Kyrgyz) Organizacija Dogovora o kollektivnoj bezopasnosti (Russian) Созмони Аҳдномаи амнияти дастаҷамъӣ/Sozmoni Ahdnomai amniyati dastacam'í (Tajik)
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Member states   Disputed territory [1]
Abbreviation	CSTO
Formation	14 February 1992 (as the Unified Armed Forces) 15 May 1992 (as Collective Security Treaty) 7 October 2002 (as Collective Security Treaty Organization)
Type	Military alliance
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Location	Eurasia
Membership	6 members  Armenia  Belarus [n 1]  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Russia  Tajikistan 3 former members  Azerbaijan  Georgia  Uzbekistan 1 observers  Serbia
Official language	Russian
Secretary General	Imangali Tasmagambetov
Chairman	Nikol Pashinyan
Website	odkb-csto.org

On 15 May 1992, six post-Soviet states belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, signed the Collective Security Treaty.^[3]