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 calls on the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic to resolve the border problem exclusively through peaceful means. The CSTO is ready to provide necessary assistance
01.05.2021"I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed on both sides. The continuation of the armed conflict on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border is cause for serious concern. The conflict must be resolved exclusively through peaceful negotiations. For this purpose, the CSTO is ready to provide the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan with all the necessary assistance in resolving the conflict if they request the Organization to do so. It is impossible to allow further death and suffering of people. I am confident that the leadership of both states has enough wisdom and determination to resolve this complex border issue within the framework of the interstate negotiation process on the delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border," the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav ZAS said.
