28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
CSTO Secretary General and CSTO PA Responsible Secretary hold a working meeting
19.01.2026
On January 19, 2026, a working meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Responsible Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Sergey Pospelov.
Particular attention was given to the organization of the fifth meeting of chairpersons of committees (commissions) of the parliaments of CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense, and security. The meeting is scheduled to take place in February of this year in Moscow.
The discussion also covered issues related to the implementation of the priorities of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship in 2026, prospects for further cooperation, and measures to strengthen interaction between the CSTO Secretariat and the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
