From September 22 to 25, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Meetings between Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputies are scheduled. The meetings are expected to address a wide range of current issues, in particular, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
On September 23, Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the traditional annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states, held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the world organization.
Today, the active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” concluded on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During the “Conduct of combat operations” stage, two main training objectives are being practiced: the occupation by the national contingents of the CRDF CAR of the area of responsibility and the destruction of illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CSTO Secretary General held a meeting in Minsk, during which they discussed the foreign policy coordination of the Organization, as well as the preparation of the upcoming CSTO CMD meeting
05.03.2020
March 5, 2020, in Minsk, a meeting was held between the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Vladimir Makei.
The interlocutors exchanged views on the situation in the field of international and regional security, and discussed promising areas of cooperation within the CSTO. They also discussed issues of foreign policy coordination in the format of the CSTO and preparations for the upcoming May this year meetings of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, as well as consultations on Eurasian and Euro-Atlantic security, which are scheduled to be held before the Council of Ministers of Defense meeting.
The CSTO Secretary General informed Vladimir Makei about the process of ratification of the documents forming the legal status of the CSTO Partner and Observer. “The CSTO Secretariat is preparing proposals for the targeted application of a new format of relations with third countries and international organizations. As potential partners and observers, we consider international organizations with which practical cooperation has already developed - these are, first of all, the CIS, SCO, and the OSCE, ”said Stanislav Zas.
The Belarusian Foreign Minister and the CSTO Secretary General also discussed the implementation of joint events dedicated to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
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