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.
Minsk hosts the 24th Meeting of the CSTO Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation
18.06.2026
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.
The participants reviewed the Commission’s work in implementing the decisions adopted at the 23rd Meeting of the ICMEC, held in Astana in November of last year.
The agenda also included discussions on the establishment of an interstate cataloguing system for military supplies of the armed forces of the CSTO member states; the mutual protection of intellectual property rights for the results of intellectual activity created and used within the framework of military-economic cooperation in the CSTO format; and the organization of exhibitions showcasing military, dual-use, and special-purpose products and technologies of the CSTO member states at international exhibitions scheduled for 2027–2028.
The Commission adopted the necessary decisions on all agenda items, including approval of its Work Plan for 2027.
It was decided that the 25th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation would be held in the Russian Federation in September–October 2027.
