A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
Delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff servicemen took part in the events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi forces in the Battle of Stalingrad
03.02.2023
The victory in the Battle of Stalingrad was a watershed moment in the Great Patriotic War, one of the highest examples of heroism and unity of the people, which is why the delegation included generals and officers from all member states – the Republics of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the Russian Federation.
On February 1, soldiers of the CSTO Joint Staff honored the heroes of the Great Patriotic War on the Square of Fallen Fighters in Volgograd and took part in the ceremony of laying flowers at the Eternal Flame on the common grave of the defenders of the Red Tsaritsyn and the soldiers of the 62nd and 64th armies who died defending Stalingrad.
On February 2, the Day of Military Glory of Russia, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff visited the memorial "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamayev Kurgan and laid flowers at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Military Glory.
Soldiers of the CSTO Joint Staff attended the Parade of military units of the Volgograd territorial garrison, a solemn meeting and a festive concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Photo by the Volgograd Oblast Administration and the CSTO Joint Staff
