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.
The CSTO Secretary General and the Head of the CIS ATC have discussed cooperation in countering terrorism and extremism
02.02.2022
On February 2, this year, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and the new head of the Commonwealth of Independent States' Anti-Terrorism Center, Evgeny Sysoyev, met in Moscow. The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, the First Deputy Head of the CIS ATC - representative of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the CIS member States Zhanat Saypoldayev, the Deputy Head of the CIS ATC - representative of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member States Pavel Tikhonov, and the Deputy Head of the CIS ATC - representative of the Council of Border Guard Troops Commander Aibek Kutmanov.
During the meeting the parties exchanged views on tendencies and condition of operational situation in the zones of responsibility of organizations and discussed practical cooperation of the CSTO with the CIS ATC in the sphere of combating terrorism and extremism.
The CSTO Secretary General and the Head of the CIS ATC stressed the importance of consolidating joint efforts in the face of growing terrorist threats and expressed interest in expanding bilateral cooperation.
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