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.
A meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
17.04.2026
On 15 April 2026, a meeting was held in Bishkek between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov.
The parties held a detailed discussion on current issues of international policy in the context of strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility, emphasized the critical importance of establishing peace in the Middle East, and expressed hope for the successful course of negotiations between the delegations of Iran and the United States. The importance of Afghanistan’s development as a peaceful and stable state was noted, as well as the commitment of the official authorities in Kabul to counter existing challenges and threats on the country’s territory. In this regard, Talatbek Masadykov informed about the progress in implementing the CSTO Targeted Inter-State Program for strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border.
The CSTO Secretary General also spoke about the progress in implementing the Action Plan for the execution of decisions adopted at the November (2025) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the Organization’s priority areas of activity during Russia’s chairmanship, including preparations for upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies and for the series of large-scale joint exercises scheduled for the second half of the year.
Talatbek Masadykov also informed about the intensification of the CSTO’s analytical activities, including the International Scientific and Practical Conference entitled “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” scheduled to be held on 27 April in Moscow with the participation of leading experts from the Organization’s member states.
Sadyr Japarov put forward a number of proposals aimed at improving joint work and reaffirmed the readiness of the Kyrgyz side to comprehensively strengthen cooperation within the CSTO framework.
