From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
The CSTO Secretary General meets with Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia
27.02.2020
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met in Yerevan with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia Armen Grigoryan.
The issues of increasing the effectiveness of the joint fight against terrorism and the fight against illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances were discussed.
The issue of settlement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone was also discussed. Stanislav Zas once again confirmed the position of the CSTO that there is no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the conflict. Armen Grigoryan, in turn, presented the situation on the contact line of the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan. He also stressed the need to resolve the Karabakh issue exclusively by peaceful means, noting in this the importance of the CSTO position.
The CSTO Secretary General presented a number of programs planned and already implemented within the Organization, including the preparation of anti-terrorism and military trainings.
