The 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi in Nur-Sultan
12.01.2022
On January 12, this year, in Nur-Sultan, the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi met with of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas who arrived with a working visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During the negotiations there was a detailed exchange of views on the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the results of the January 10 extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council.
Mukhtar Tleuberdi has informed Stanislav Zas about normalization of situation in the country and restoration of constitutional order, as well as about the contents of speech of President Tokayev on January 11, this year, in the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan expressed its gratitude to the Collective Security Treaty Organization for conducting the peacekeeping operation. "The CSTO peacekeeping contingent has fulfilled its mandate and is completing its mission in our country," the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan said.
In turn, Stanislav Zas has informed about the work carried out in the CSTO format to help resolve the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and expressed hope for the soonest elimination of the consequences of illegal actions of terrorist, extremist and criminal elements.
The sides expressed their readiness for further cooperation.
