On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
An extended meeting of the leadership of the CSTO Secretariat and Joint Staff was held
31.03.2023
On 31 March 2023, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov made a project report at an expanded meeting of the leadership of the CSTO working bodies. During his speech, a detailed assessment of the emerging geopolitical situation in the CSTO area of responsibility and adjacent regions was made, and approaches to ensuring peace and stability in the Organization's area of responsibility were formulated.
The Secretary General stressed that the current international situation was characterized by an increase in global and regional contradictions, which involved, among others, the CSTO member states.
In this context Imangali Tasmagambetov elaborated on the situation in the CSTO regions of collective security, stressing the presence of serious challenges and threats in each of them. Presenting the situation in Eastern Europe, the CSTO Secretary General stated the active involvement of extra-regional forces in the conflict in and around Ukraine. More and more advanced and powerful weapons systems are being supplied. There has been an unprecedented build-up of NATO military capabilities in the Baltic States, Poland and the Black Sea region.
According to the assessment of the CSTO Secretary General, the situation in the South Caucasus remains fraught with serious destabilization. The risks associated with the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border remain relevant.
In Central Asia, along with some positive developments related to the consensus reached by the countries of the region on border issues, the challenges and threats emanating from the territory of Afghanistan, where the positions of various terrorist groups and forces behind the illegal production and distribution of narcotic drugs are strengthened, remain very relevant.
The resolution of these crisis situations is complicated by the virtual breakdown of the system of international security treaties, as well as by the strongest sanctions and propaganda pressure exerted on the CSTO member states. Nevertheless, the nature of the challenges requires member states to take coordinated measures aimed at strengthening peace and stability in the Organization's area of responsibility.
Imangali Tasmagambetov has informed that the whole range of listed issues is in the focus of attention of political leadership of the Organization, which was confirmed during the meetings of Secretary General with the heads of the member states. At the same time, Imangali Tasmagambetov noted the unconditional commitment of the member states to the interests of collective security and the common determination to use the accumulated joint mechanisms to solve these and other problems. Furthermore, the Secretary General drew attention to the need to improve the CSTO activities, taking into account the changing international situation.
The meeting focused on tasks related to preparations for upcoming intersessional meetings of statutory bodies, as well as joint trainings and operations of the CSTO.
