On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
Aman Mambetseitov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the CSTO, was elected Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
16.11.2018November 16th of this year A meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held, which was attended by Acting Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov, Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Piotr Tsikhanouski, members of the Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff.
Due to the fact that the chairmanship in the Organization in 2018-2019, Kazakhstan passed to Kyrgyzstan, in accordance with the rotation principle, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the CSTO Aman Mambetseitov was unanimously elected Chairman of the CSTO Permanent Council.
The plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the CSTO handed over to the plenipotentiary of Kyrgyzstan Aman Mambetseitov the hammer, symbolizing the decision of the Permanent Council of the CSTO. Zhanybek Imanaliev expressed gratitude for the fruitful and constructive work on the post of the Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization in 2017-2018.
The Permanent Council reviewed draft statements relating to the formation of a single and indivisible security space, the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the context of the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540, as well as measures to enhance mutual confidence aimed at achieving the goals of peace and maintaining the global security architecture. Work on the documents will be continued at subsequent meetings of the CSTO Permanent Council.
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CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov
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