On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
The CSTO Secretary General expressed his condolences on the sudden death of the Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei
26.11.2022
The Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretariat learned with deep sorrow of the untimely death of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Chairman of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers Vladimir Vladimirovich Makei.
In all the positions he held, Vladimir Makei proved to be a staunch patriot of his homeland, an active supporter of strengthening the position of the Republic of Belarus in the international arena, a mediator of the ideas of military and political integration in the Eurasian region.
We sincerely grieve and express our condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
Eternal memory!
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas
