Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026”.
On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
The CSTO Secretariat delegation participated in the second part of the 25th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
28.04.2021Following an official invitation from the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat participated in observer status in the video broadcast of the second part of the 25th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (April 20-22, 2021, The Hague, Netherlands).
A Joint Statement of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states was distributed as an official document of the second part of the 25th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The text of the Statement is published on the external server and on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons public website.
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