On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
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.
