An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel Region: Development Forecasts for 2027” was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On October 18, 2026, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise opened in the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the CSTO Collective Security System. The exercise involves special units of internal affairs and national security agencies, internal troops (National Guard), special services and anti-drug agencies, as well as rescue units incorporated into the Special Purpose Forces formations of the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF).
From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the granting of observer status to the CSTO at the United Nations General Assembly
03.12.2024We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of resolution 59/50 of December 2, 2004, granting observer status to the Collective Security Treaty Organization, note with satisfaction the development of effective partnership relations between the two organizations.
We reaffirm the commitment of the CSTO member states to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations in their entirety and interrelation.
We note that cooperation between the UN and the CSTO is developed in accordance with Chapter VIII of the UN Charter, the UN General Assembly resolution “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization,” and the Joint Declaration on Cooperation between the UN Secretariat and the CSTO Secretariat of March 18, 2010, in areas such as peacekeeping, countering terrorism and transnational organized crime, and combating the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors.
We declare our commitment to pursuing common goals of ensuring peace and regional security, preventing and resolving conflicts, and countering challenges and threats, including international terrorism, illicit trafficking in drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, and weapons, transnational organized crime and illegal migration, as well as combating natural and man-made disasters.
We emphasize the importance of the CSTO's effective participation in global peacekeeping efforts and our commitment to developing practical cooperation between the CSTO and the UN on peacekeeping issues.
We reaffirm our commitment to further deepening the Organization's cooperation with relevant UN bodies on the basis of the respective memoranda and protocols concluded with the Executive Directorate of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the UN Department of Peace Operations, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
We highly value the outcome of the UN Security Council debate held in New York on July 19, 2024, on “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations in maintaining international peace and security: the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.”
We support holding regular consultations between the UN Secretary-General and the CSTO Secretary General.
We declare our readiness to further develop the CSTO's capabilities and strengthen its coordination and cooperation with the UN in areas of mutual interest, complementing the efforts of the United Nations in maintaining international peace and security.
