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 participated in the meeting of the Russian Foreign Minister with parliamentarians of the CSTO member states
08.02.2025
On 7 February, in Moscow, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, met with the chairmen of the committees (commissions) of the parliaments of the CSTO member states whose jurisdiction includes international relations, defense and security issues.
The event was attended by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and ambassadors of the Organization's member states.
The sides have summarized the results of cooperation within the CSTO in 2024. They outlined the main directions for developing the collective security system, strengthening the parliamentary dimension and deepening foreign policy coordination. They exchanged views on topical issues on the international and regional agenda.
