On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
From July 7 to 9, second staff talks were held in the Russian Federation on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) command-and-staff exercise “Interaction-2026”, the special reconnaissance exercise “Poisk-2026”, and the logistics support exercise “Echelon-2026”.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visits sections of the Tajik-Afghan border
29.06.2026
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.
During the visit, Talatbek Masadykov familiarized himself with the situation along the southern section of the external border of the CSTO area of responsibility. He visited border outposts and a border crossing point within the areas of responsibility of three border detachments. He also personally inspected the construction of a border road in the mountainous and hard-to-reach Shuroabad sector.
Together with First Deputy Chairman and Commander of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan, Lieutenant General Murodali Rabzhadzoda, he discussed the implementation of the CSTO Targeted Interstate Program for Strengthening the Tajik-Afghan Border.
