From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
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.
