On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
Announcement of the meeting of Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representatives to the CSTO with representatives of parliaments
04.09.2025
On September 5, 2025, in St. Petersburg, a working meeting of Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representatives to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) with plenipotentiary representatives of the parliaments of the CSTO member states in the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and the CSTO PA Secretariat will take place.
Main topics for discussion:
⦁The practice and directions of interaction between the CSTO statutory bodies and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly;
⦁The progress of ratification of international treaties concluded within the framework of the CSTO;
⦁ Formation of a draft Program of activities of the CSTO PA for the convergence and harmonization of the national legislation of the CSTO member states for 2026-2030;
⦁ Cooperation with international organizations and expansion of the number of CSTO observers and partners;
⦁ Participation of members of the CSTO Permanent Council in the upcoming meeting of the Chairmen of the parliamentary committees on international relations, defense and security in Moscow in February 2026;
⦁ Current issues of institutionalization of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and the progress of the draft Agreement on the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
The following people will participate in the discussion: Sergey Valerievich Pospelov, Executive Secretary of the CSTO PA; Alexander Evgenievich Grinevich, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO; Marat Zenikenovich Syzdykov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the CSTO; Mirlan Ermekovich Turgunbekov, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the CSTO, Chairman of the Permanent Council of the CSTO; Viktor Lvovich Vasiliev, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian Federation to the CSTO; Jamshed Nurullo Saidzoda, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the CSTO; Kirill Yuryevich Golub, Head of the Legal Department of the CSTO Secretariat; Igor Nikolaevich Panarin, Consultant to the Department of Political Cooperation of the CSTO Secretariat, as well as the leadership and plenipotentiary representatives of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
The working meeting will be held on September 5 from 11:00 to 12:00 at 53 Shpalernaya str., Parliamentary Center, Saint Petersburg.
Additional information: +7 958 859 26 84, Natalia.
