On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the opening of an exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States
19.04.2022
On April 19, 2022, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the opening ceremony of the exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was held in Moscow at the Russian Foreign Ministry. The event was attended by the Heads of diplomatic missions of the CIS member states in the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev, State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev, and Chairman of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich.
The exhibition was opened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. He said that by joint efforts, by the will of our peoples and leaders of states, we have preserved and built a solid foundation for further allied, strategic partnership, which helps to solve current problems in all our countries. "I mean the CIS and other integration associations (CSTO, EAEU). Within their framework, a harmonious, reliable system for developing contacts has been built: socio-economic; in the field of security; interaction of law enforcement agencies to ensure law and order throughout the space of our states; humanitarian and cultural ties traditions rooted in the CIS, including the holding of various annual events, including the ongoing project, according to which the cultural capitals of the Commonwealth are determined for each year. All this finds a lively response from our peoples, helps to develop states, economies, the social sphere and reliably to ensure common security," the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Sergei Lavrov highlighted the tasks facing everyone in connection with attempts to falsify the history of the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War. "The International Association (Commission) of Historians and Archivists of the CIS countries has been formed, which will deal with countering such attempts. In Europe and closer to our borders, we are seeing campaigns aimed at completely rewriting history, canceling the feat of our fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers. How responsible countries, the states that bore the brunt of the victory over fascism, we must not allow this to happen," the Russian Foreign Minister stressed.
