From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin
13.02.2023
On February 13, this year, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus hosted a bilateral meeting between the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, and the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
According to the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry, the Belarusian Defense Minister congratulated I. Tasmagambetov on his appointment as Secretary General of the CSTO.
During the meeting Viktor Khrenin briefed Imangali Tasmagambetov on the current military and political situation in the East European region of collective security, and also informed him about the priorities of the CSTO activities during Belarus' presidency in the Organization in 2023.
Among the main priorities of the Belarusian presidency the following were mentioned: improving the readiness of components of troops (collective forces) of the CSTO to fulfill earmarked tasks, strengthening military and technical cooperation of the member states and building the institutional capacity of the Organization in the information and analytical sphere.
Joint trainings (“Search-2023”, “Interaction-2023”, “Echelon-2023”, “Barrier-2023”) were noted as the main activities of operational and combat training, which are also planned in the Republic of Belarus during its presidency.
At the end of the meeting, the parties reaffirmed their readiness to further develop constructive dialogue in the format of the Organization.
