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.
CSTO delegation took part in the conference "International and regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism and its sources of financing, including drug trafficking and organized crime", held May 16-17, 2019 in Dushanbe
17.05.2019On May 17, 2019, the CSTO delegation led by the Deputy Secretary General of the Organization, Alymbay Sultanov, took part in the High-Level Conference on International and Regional Cooperation in Combating Terrorism and its Financing Sources, including Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime, held in Dushanbe under the auspices of of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in cooperation with the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union ( EU).
Addressing the forum participants, A.Sultanov stressed that despite the tangible losses in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State, Al-Qaida and the associated armed terrorist groups still pose a serious threat. Having regrouped their forces, they spread their influence beyond the borders of the Middle East: to Europe, Central and Southeast Asia.
Considering the fact that there are quite a few citizens of the CSTO member states in the ranks of terrorist organizations, the threat of terrorist acts on the territory of the Organization’s states has increased significantly.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General briefed the conference participants on the comprehensive measures taken by the CSTO in countering the threat of terrorism, illegal migration, drug trafficking and preventing illegal activities on the Internet, such as “Mercenary”, “Nelegal”, “Channel” and PROXI, and their results. At the same time, he highlighted the development of projects of the CSTO Target Interstate Program on Strengthening the Tajik-Afghan Border Sites and the List of Additional Measures Aimed at Reducing Tension in the Tajik-Afghan Frontier.
Referring to the situation in Afghanistan, where the drug business provides financial support to terrorists, A. Sultanov pointed out the need to prosecute drug dealers for financing international terrorist organizations and improving the legislative base of states in this area.
On the Conference the CSTO delegation on May 16 of this year aslo took part in the UN event “Preventing illegal financial flows from drugs and crime in the interests of regional peace, security and sustainable development” and the European Union event “Reintegration of families of foreign terrorist fighters”.
