On September 1, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres held a working meeting in Bishkek in the SCO+ format.
On August 31, 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
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.
CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas in Minsk discussed with the Minister of Defense and the Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus military cooperation in the CSTO and preparations for the CSSC meeting
05.03.2020
March 5, Minsk / BelTA /. Topical issues of international and regional security were examined in detail at a meeting held today at the State Secretariat of the Security Council of Belarus, BelTA learned from the agency.
“This topic was the main one at the talks of the Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Andrei Ravkov and the Minister of Defense of our country Viktor Khrenin with the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas,” the Secretary of State emphasized. “An exchange of views took place on pressing issues of international and regional security.”
In addition, the meeting discussed the topic of cooperation between Belarus and the CSTO, as well as the preparations for intersessional meetings of the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and the Council of Defense Ministers.
"The parties shared their views on further improving the effectiveness of the Collective Security Treaty Organization," the agency concluded.
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