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).
Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of CSTO Member States on International Information Security
30.06.2025June 30, 2025
Cholpon-Ata
We, the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), acknowledging the Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Information Security signed on November 30, 2017, and recognising the importance of further strengthening the international legal framework governing the use of information and communication technologies, express our support for the development of a global system of international information security grounded in the principles of the UN Charter, respect for the sovereignty of states and non-interference in their internal affairs.
We welcome the adoption of the Convention against Cybercrime at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, marking the first universal instrument aimed at strengthening international information security. We urge all states to sign the Convention at the official ceremony scheduled for October 2025 in Hanoi and to initiate, without delay, the necessary domestic procedures to facilitate its swift entry into force.
We also emphasise the need to develop additional universal, legally binding instruments addressing other critical aspects of international information security, including the prevention and resolution of interstate conflicts. In this regard, we support the continuation of substantive dialogue within the United Nations framework.
We support the adoption of a final decision at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly to establish a permanent mechanism for ensuring international information security, founded on the principle of consensus and guided by the central role of states.
We underscore the inadmissibility of using information and communication technologies to interfere in the internal affairs of states or to undermine their socio-political stability, including in ways that contravene national legislation. We advocate for international cooperation in the operation of low-orbit satellite internet communication systems, with due regard for the national interests and security of states.
We reaffirm our commitment to intensify joint efforts on international information security across all relevant global platforms and to further develop and strengthen cooperation in this area.
