From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
The CSTO Secretary General had a meeting with the SCO Secretary General
18.05.2022
On May 18, 2022, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretary General Zhang Ming at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
In the course of the conversation, there was a productive exchange of views on current global and regional security issues of interest to both organizations.
The CSTO Secretary General has informed the SCO Secretary General on the main results of the meeting of the leaders of the CSTO member States on May 16, 2022, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the CSTO.
There was a lively discussion of the prospects for further enhancing bilateral cooperation between the CSTO and the SCO. It was noted that there was a solid legal basis and various forms of interaction necessary for this, including the practice of meetings of the highest administrative officials of the organizations and mutual participation in the CSTO and the SCO events.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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