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 Talatbek Masadykov meets with Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev
08.06.2026
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The discussion focused on current issues of international and regional security, as well as prospects for deepening cooperation between the CSTO and leading research and analytical centers.
Talatbek Masadykov emphasized the importance of expert diplomacy for the objective analysis of the geopolitical situation in Eurasia. The Secretary General noted that the Organization is open to expanding partnership ties with authoritative research institutions.
For his part, Kirill Babaev briefed the CSTO Secretary General on the Institute’s key areas of activity.
The CSTO Secretary General expressed the Organization’s readiness to continue holding joint expert events with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
