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.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
The CSTO Secretary General has discussed military cooperation with the Belarusian Defense Minister
01.11.2022
On November 2, 2022, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, who is on a working visit to the Republic of Belarus, met with the country's Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin.
The parties have discussed in detail the situation in the Organization's area of responsibility and the prospects for the development of the military component of its activities. Special attention was paid to the results of a series of joint trainings held in October of this year.
Stanislav Zas has informed his interlocutor about the progress of preparations for the regular session of the Collective Security Council and meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies, as well as the implementation of a number of individual instructions of the Collective Security Council of the Organization.
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