From September 22 to 25, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Meetings between Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputies are scheduled. The meetings are expected to address a wide range of current issues, in particular, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
On September 23, Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the traditional annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states, held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the world organization.
Today, the active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” concluded on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During the “Conduct of combat operations” stage, two main training objectives are being practiced: the occupation by the national contingents of the CRDF CAR of the area of responsibility and the destruction of illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation visits the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
15.07.2022On July 14, 2022 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vagharshak Harutyunyan, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the Collective Security Treaty Organization Victor Biyagov and representative of the Armenian Armed Forces to the CSTO Major General Artak Tonoyan visited the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, briefed the guests at the working meeting on the CSTO collective security system, which ensures protection of collective interests, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the CSTO member states, on its governance bodies, forces and resources, as well as on joint training of troops and forces in the CSTO format.
Vagharshak Harutyunyan, Viktor Biyagov, Major General Artak Tonoyan visited the decision-making hall of the CSTO Crisis Response Center, where the collection, analysis and exchange of information about the state and trends in the situation in the Organization's area of responsibility, as well as information-analytical and information-technology support for the activities of CSTO charter and working bodies to ensure timely decision-making aimed at the security of the CSTO member states are conducted.
The guests were also briefed on the activities of the structural subdivisions of the CSTO Joint Staff and were introduced to the historical exposition of the lecture and exhibition hall, located in the International Military Center.
