The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas visited the CSTO Joint Staff
16.01.2020
On January 16, 2020, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas, who took office from the beginning of January 2020, visited the CSTO Joint Staff.
Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, informed the new Head of the Organization about the main areas of activity in the field of developing a collective security system regarding the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces), improving the organization of joint operational and combat training events, and joint training of military personnel and specialists for the armed forces of the CSTO member states, as well as multilateral military-technical cooperation.
Stanislav Zas visited the decision-making room of the CSTO Crisis Response Center, which is designed to provide organizational, informational, analytical, informational and technological support to the activities of the CSTO's statutory and working bodies in the interests of timely decision-making aimed at ensuring the security, stability, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the CSTO member states.
The Secretary General of the Organization was also told about the activities of the structural units of the CSTO Joint Staff, acquainted with the historical exposition of the lecture and exhibition hall located in the International Military Center.
Stanislav Zas noted that the CSTO Joint Staff is an effective structure. “A regulatory legal framework has been created for the operation of the Joint Staff, there is a team of well-trained specialists and, most importantly, an algorithm of work has been worked out. But, of course, it is necessary to develop, go further and improve the mechanisms for responding to modern challenges and threats for the CSTO member states. This process has been structured in many areas,” said the CSTO Secretary General.
