Consider the following statements about Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO):1. It is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia.2. Ukraine is one of its member states.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A

Notes:

About Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO):

It is an intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia that consists of select post-Soviet Union States.
It originated from the conclusion of the Collective Security Treaty, which was signed in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) on May 15, 1992 by the heads of Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The treaty entered into force on April 20, 1994. As of today it has 6 member States: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.
The organisation is based on the principle of collective security or the idea of ‘one for all and all for one’; aggression against any one state in the organisation is considered to be an aggression against all other states.
This is also the principle on which NATO, the UN and earlier the League of Nations were founded.

Source: EPIC January 2022