On 24 April 2024, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat consultations of the CSTO member states under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the theme: "On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation" took place.
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat took part in the opening ceremony of the XI Moscow Conference on International Security
15.08.2023
On 15 August 2023, the Ministers of Defense of the CSTO member states and delegations from the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the opening ceremony of the XI Moscow Conference on International Security.
During the event, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the conference participants, and the State Secretary of the country's Security Council Alexander Wolfowitz delivered a welcoming address on behalf of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. There were informative speeches by the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu, the Chinese Minister of Defense Li Shangfu, the Belarusian Minister of Defense Viktor Khrenin, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, and the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin.
In 2023, the Moscow Conference on International Security is taking place in the context of global transformations and the complex military and political situation in the world accompanying the establishment of a multipolar world order. The Conference is intended to make a significant contribution to constructive interaction and cooperation between countries and peoples in the new realities.
During the conference, heads and representatives of defense agencies of the CSTO member states, international organizations, and political science and expert communities will exchange views on global and regional security issues.
