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.”
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov spoke at the III Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security
28.10.2025
The plenary session of the III Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security has successfully concluded in the Belarusian capital. The forum became one of the largest dialogue platforms of the year, bringing together delegations from more than 40 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and other regions of the world. Participants included representatives of the foreign ministries of Russia, Hungary, North Korea, Myanmar, Iran, China, India, as well as seven leading international organizations, including the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Union State, and the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA). The plenary session was opened by President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
In his speech, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov noted that modern challenges and threats had come close to the borders of the Organization's area of responsibility. In these conditions, the CSTO is actively improving its crisis response mechanisms and strengthening its defense capabilities. In response to the Afghan crisis, the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border was adopted. The first stage of its implementation has already begun. The Secretary General also emphasized the importance of developing cooperation with partners in the UN, the BRICS, the CIS, and the SCO to maintain stability in Greater Eurasia.
As part of the conference, the CSTO Secretariat has scheduled a separate working session for October 29 entitled “Prospects for Collective Security in Eurasia: The CSTO Area of Responsibility as a Space for Dialogue.” The event will provide an opportunity to deepen the discussion on ways to shape the Eurasian security architecture and current approaches to countering common challenges.
