On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
The CSTO Secretary General meets with Belarusian Defense Minister
30.10.2024
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with Viktor Khrenin, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, in Minsk.
The parties discussed the main areas of cooperation on the organization's platform this year, as well as possible areas of further interaction.
The head of the Belarusian defense ministry briefed the CSTO Secretary General on the current military and political situation in the Eastern European region of collective security, as well as informed about the position of the Belarusian side on the agenda of the upcoming joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers, the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the CSTO member states to be held on November 28, 2024 in Astana.
Speaking about the CSTO activities in the near future, the Minister of Defense noted that the main attention of the Belarusian side will be focused on the preparation and holding of joint trainings in the format of the organization “Interaction-2025”, “Search-2025”, “Echelon-2025” on the territory of Belarus in September 2025, implementation of the provisions of the strategy of collective security for the period up to 2025.
