85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
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.
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat take part in the session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
14.03.2022On March 14-18, this year, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat on the invitation of the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime Ghada Waly participate online in the 65th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. The event is being held in a hybrid format at the Vienna International Center, as well as in a side event organized by the Drug Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan on "Drug Situation Review in the Republic of Tajikistan in 2021".
At the request of UNODC, the CSTO Secretariat has provided a brief summary of the Organization's activities in the area of drug control in 2021.
The Cooperation Protocol between the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the CSTO Secretariat, signed in Vienna on 5 April 2006, provides the basis for cooperation.
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