Collective Security Treaty Organization (The Dragon Splits)

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO; Russian: Организация Договора о Коллективной Безопасности, Organizacija Dogovora o Kollektivnoj Bezopasnosti, ODKB) is an intergovernmental military alliance that was signed on 15 May 1992. In 1992, six post-Soviet states belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States — Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan—signed the Collective Security Treaty (also referred to as the "Tashkent Pact" or "Tashkent Treaty"). It became the known as the Collective Security Treaty Organization after the nations agreed to renew the treaty in 2002.

Members

 * Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia


 * Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus


 * Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan


 * Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan


 * Flag of Russia.svg Russia


 * Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan

Observers

 * Flag of Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan
 * Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia