On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
Acting Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov received United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Miroslav Jenča
12.04.2019
On April 12, 2019, the Acting Secretary General of the CSTO, V.Semerikov, held a meeting with Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations on political and peace-building and peacekeeping operations Mr. Miroslav Jenča at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. They discussed the current and future cooperation of the two organizations, with particular attention to regional issues of peace and security.
The conversation took place in the atmosphere of mutual understanding traditional for contacts between the CSTO and the United Nations Secretariats, and was a regular meeting within the framework of the established practice of regular “checking hours” by representatives of their leadership on strengthening security and stability and countering contemporary challenges and threats.
Both parties expressed mutual satisfaction with the ongoing development of cooperation between the two organizations and confirmed their intention to pursue further expansion and increase the efficiency of interaction in areas of common interest.
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