An international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel Region: Development Forecasts for 2027” was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On October 18, 2026, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise opened in the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the CSTO Collective Security System. The exercise involves special units of internal affairs and national security agencies, internal troops (National Guard), special services and anti-drug agencies, as well as rescue units incorporated into the Special Purpose Forces formations of the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF).
From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Today, the final stages of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026” took place at the Losvido and Starodorozhsky training ranges in the Republic of Belarus.
On October 15–16, a CSTO, CIS and SCO conference on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan was held in Moscow as part of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship programme.
The CSTO Secretary General had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
07.12.2020On December 6, 2020, in Moscow, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ara Ayvazyan, who arrived to the Russian Federation on a working visit.
In the course of the dialogue, the parties discussed the results of the meetings of the statutory bodies of the Organization held in the November and December, this year, and the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council held on December 2, as well as the work of the Secretariat of the Organization. The CSTO Secretary General informed the Head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry about the current activities of the CSTO and the implementation of the previously adopted CSTO decisions.
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