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.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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.
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.
