On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat, headed by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, is taking part in the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”, being held in Minsk from June 17 to 19, 2026.
Regular meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Warfare under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers held in Saint Petersburg
The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization congratulated the officers of the CSTO Joint Staff on Defender of the Fatherland Day
20.02.2026
Today, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov congratulated the personnel of the CSTO Joint Staff on Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Congratulating the officers, Talatbek Masadykov, in particular, noted: “Within the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the tasks of ensuring the functioning and planning of the employment of the Collective Forces, the preparation and conduct of joint training activities, military-technical cooperation, coordination of the training of personnel and specialists, as well as the organization of the functioning of the Crisis Response Center are assigned to the Joint Staff and are successfully carried out thanks to the professionalism, responsibility, and dedication of servicemen of the armed forces of all member states of the Organization serving in the Joint Staff.”
“On this significant day, please accept my sincere words of gratitude for your conscientious military service, diligence, and high sense of duty. I wish you good health, success, and new professional achievements. Happiness and well-being to you and your loved ones. Peace and prosperity to our states,” the Secretary General of the Organization said.
Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Hero of the Russian Federation Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov, speaking at the ceremonial event, in particular, noted that “23 February has become a symbol of the unity of the defenders of the Fatherland, a symbol of the common heroic history of our peoples.”
Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov said: “On this day, we pay tribute to the indomitable generation of the Victors. We will always remember that in the Great Patriotic War it was the Soviet people who defended the freedom of our country, all of Europe, and the entire world.”
Addressing the participants of the event, Colonel General Serdyukov also said: “Our task is to remain constantly ready to defend the interests of the CSTO member states in a unified combat formation, as it has been throughout the history of our countries.”
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff also emphasized that among the unconditional priorities of the current year is the implementation of the priority areas of activity declared by the Russian Federation for the period of its chairmanship in the Organization, conducted under the motto announced by the President of Russia — “Collective security in a multipolar world: a single goal — shared responsibility.”
