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 Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and the Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Sergey Pospelov have discussed cooperation in the parliamentary sphere in 2023
16.01.2023
On January 16 this year, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Imangali Tasmagambetov, held a meeting with the Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, Sergey Pospelov.
This is the first meeting of the newly inaugurated Secretary General of the Organization I.Tasmagambetov with the Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly. The parties have discussed joint activities for 2023 and interaction between the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO PA Secretariat this year in accordance with the previously approved Plan. Sergey Pospelov informed Imangali Tasmagambetov about the work on implementation of the program on rapprochement and harmonization of the national legislation of the CSTO PA states for 2021-2025.
It was agreed that the plans of the CSTO Secretariat and the Parliamentary Assembly for 2023 and 2024 would be coordinated.
They stressed the importance of cooperation in the parliamentary dimension and the ongoing work on the ratification of the documents adopted in the CSTO format and increasing the effectiveness of interaction between the secretariats of the Organization and the CSTO PA.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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