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.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas answered questions from the editorial board of the multimedia publication "ALLIES. CSTO" about the Organization's activities in 2021
27.12.2021
"POLITICAL METHODS TAKE PRECEDENCE, BUT WE KEEP THE POWDER DRY"
"Allies.CSTO”: Stanislav Vasilyevich, the coming year 2022 will be a jubilee year for the CSTO: it will be 30 years since the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and 20 years of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. In your opinion, what are the main achievements of the CSTO?
Stanislav Zas: First of all, the CSTO has established itself as a format of very serious and interested cooperation of the six member States in the political and military sphere, in matters of countering challenges and threats. We have created and are constantly improving mechanisms for the elaboration, adoption and implementation of decisions on the whole range of issues related to ensuring collective security. This allows member States to speak in solidarity on the most important regional and global issues in the international arena.
In addition, an effective force component of the Organization has been created, including regional groups formed on a bilateral basis, the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of collective security, the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces, the Peacekeeping Forces, the Collective Air Forces and groups of joint military systems.
The CSTO potential is being exploited in the conduct of special operations. In particular, the international operation "Channel" conducted within the format of the Organization is aimed at combating drug-related crimes, "Mercenary" is aimed at countering terrorism, and "Illegal" is aimed at suppressing illegal migration. Practical cooperation is being carried out in the field of prevention and liquidation of the consequences of emergencies, as well as in the field of information security. This work brings tangible results in the form of large quantities of seized narcotic substances, illegal weapons, detained criminals, blocked extremist websites and many other results that make the lives of citizens of our countries safer.
Military-economic and military-technical co-operation is carried out on a systematic basis between the CSTO member States. In this regard, mutual deliveries of military products take place on preferential terms at prices established in the Organization's member States for their own armed forces, law enforcement agencies and special services.
The training of specialists in various fields from the countries that are members of the Organization is organized at the universities of the member States on a preferential or gratuitous basis.
The CSTO is successfully developing a systematic dialogue with the UN, the OSCE, the SCO and other international bodies.
These are probably the key facts, but our activities are not limited to these areas.
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