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).
On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
The CSTO Secretary General had a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation
08.12.2020
On December 8, 2020, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation D.B. Venkatesh Varma at the Organization Secretariat. This was the first visit of the head of the Indian diplomatic mission to the headquarters of the CSTO.
The meeting took place at the initiative of the Indian side and took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Stanislav Zas informed D.B. Venkatesh Varma about the activities of the Organization, as well as the results of the meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies and the session of the Collective Security Council held in November and December.
Issues of mutual interest were discussed. The parties agreed to further maintenance of contacts.
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