85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas held talks with the secretaries of the security councils of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in connection with the worsening situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border
16.09.2022
On September 16 this year, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had telephone conversations with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, Marat Imankulov, and the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, Nasrullo Mahmudzoda, in connection with the sharp aggravation of the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border that occurred this morning.
During the talks, the sides expressed the need for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations on the evolving situation through the competent authorities to resolve the conflict only peacefully.
