On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
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.
