A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe
17.02.2021On February 17, this year, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Chairman of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe.
The parties have discussed the holding of a meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers in Dushanbe this spring, military, military-technical and military-economic cooperation in the CSTO format and the implementation of the priorities of the Tajik side in these areas for the period of Tajikistan's chairmanship in the Organization in 2021.
Stanislav Zas emphasized the importance of increasing the level of readiness of collective security troops (forces) to carry out earmarked tasks, including through joint operational and combat training activities. In particular, they talked about improving the command and control system of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces, raising the level of training of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces and equipping them with modern weapons, military and special equipment, and special means, taking into account their possible involvement in peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the UN.
The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan and the CSTO Secretary General have discussed the upcoming trainings of the assets of collective security, which are planned to be held on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2021. This is a joint training with the CSTO CRRF "Interaction-2021", a special training with the assets of intelligence "Search-2021", a special training with the assets of the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) "Echelon-2021".
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