On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had telephone conversations with the Presidents of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan
06.01.2022On January 6, 2022, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had telephone conversations with the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
They discussed the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the implementation of the decision of the Collective Security Council to send the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces to normalize the situation in that country. The President of the Republic of Belarus expressed his full support for the Republic of Kazakhstan. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in turn, thanked the Organization for its assistance in overcoming the crisis and sending the CSTO CPF.
The main tasks of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces are to protect important state and military facilities, assist the law enforcement forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan in stabilizing the situation and returning it to the legal field.
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