Dear Sergey Kuzhugetovich!
Dear Secretaries of the Security Councils!
On behalf of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, I welcome the organizers and participants of the thirteenth meeting of the secretaries of the security councils of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
On October 31, 2025, in Astana, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
During his visit to the Republic of Tajikistan, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Imangali Tasmagambetov was received by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
On October 29, 2025, a working session on “Prospects for collective security in Eurasia: The CSTO area of responsibility as a space for dialogue” was held in the Belarusian capital as part of the III Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. It was attended by representatives of expert communities from the CSTO member states, Uzbekistan, India, Vietnam, and a number of other countries.
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.
