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.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met with Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin
11.02.2020
On February 11, 2020, Moscow hosted a meeting of the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas with the Chairman of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and the Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin.
Mr. Volodin congratulated Mr. Zas on his appointment as Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and expressed his readiness to provide comprehensive assistance to the CSTO Secretariat in tackling the challenges facing the Organization.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas expressed gratitude for the great attention paid by the State Duma and personally by its Chairperson to the activities of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and expressed readiness for the most active interaction of the CSTO Secretariat with this structure.
Stanislav Zas and Vyacheslav Volodin exchanged views on a number of issues, including those related to the work on the draft Program of Activities of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly on the approximation and harmonization of the national legislation of the CSTO member states for 2021-2025, the formation of a single list of organizations recognized as terrorist in the states - CSTO members, preparations for the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, on the legal status of the Observer and Partner at the CSTO, coordination of activities on international platforms.
In addition, the meeting touched upon the participation of members of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in events organized by the Organization’s Secretariat, as well as Secretariat staff in the activities of this parliamentary structure.
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