On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
The Republic of Belarus
The territory of the state - 207.6 thousand square kilometers. As of June 30, 2003, the population is 9 million 904 thousand 700 people.
The Republic of Belarus is a unitary democratic social and legal state. By form of government of Belarus - a presidential republic. On its territory, the Constitution of 1994 is in effect, with amendments and additions adopted by the people at a referendum on November 24, 1996. The basis of state administration is the principle of separation of powers: legislative, executive and judicial. The highest representative permanent legislative body is the Parliament, the National Assembly, which consists of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic. The term of office of Parliament is four years. The composition of the House of Representatives - 110 deputies. The election of deputies to the House of Representatives is carried out in accordance with the law on the basis of universal, free, equal, direct suffrage by secret ballot. The Council of the Republic is the chamber of territorial representation. From each oblast and the city of Minsk by secret ballot, eight members of the Council of the Republic are elected at meetings of deputies of local Councils of deputies of the base level of each oblast and the city of Minsk. Eight members of the Council of the Republic are appointed by the President. The President of the Republic is the head of state, the guarantor of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, the rights and freedoms of man and citizen. The president is elected for 5 years directly by the people of the Republic of Belarus. Executive power in the Republic of Belarus is exercised by the Government - the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus - the central body of State administration.
The capital of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, is the official seat of the coordinating bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Here are the CIS Executive Committee, the Economic Court of the Commonwealth and a number of sectoral bodies of the Commonwealth.
The Republic of Belarus joined the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992 in December 1993. It is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, established in 2003 on the basis and in the development of cooperation within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty.
The President of the Republic of Belarus is LUKASHENKO Alexander Grigorievich.
