On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
On January 30, 2020, a briefing will be held by Anatoly Sidorov, the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff
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January 30, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the International Press Center of the MIA “Russia Today” (Presidential Hall), a briefing will be held by the Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, with video connections to sites in Bishkek, Yerevan and Minsk.
Theme of the briefing: "The results of the joint training of the governing bodies and the formation of forces and means of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for 2019 and the tasks for 2020." During the briefing, the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff will summarize the main results of the development of the military component of the Collective Security Treaty Organization last year, talk about the threats that the collective forces are preparing to confront, and about the tasks that Russia’s CSTO presidency faces collective forces.
Media accreditation through the press center of the MIA “Russia-Today”
Tel: +7 (495) 645-6472 (multi-channel) E-mail: accreditation@rian.ru
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7495-795-27-10,
+7495-621-33-23-tel/fax
