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 Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization congratulated the officers of the CSTO Joint Staff on Defender of the Fatherland Day
20.02.2026
Today, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov congratulated the personnel of the CSTO Joint Staff on Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Congratulating the officers, Talatbek Masadykov, in particular, noted: “Within the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the tasks of ensuring the functioning and planning of the employment of the Collective Forces, the preparation and conduct of joint training activities, military-technical cooperation, coordination of the training of personnel and specialists, as well as the organization of the functioning of the Crisis Response Center are assigned to the Joint Staff and are successfully carried out thanks to the professionalism, responsibility, and dedication of servicemen of the armed forces of all member states of the Organization serving in the Joint Staff.”
“On this significant day, please accept my sincere words of gratitude for your conscientious military service, diligence, and high sense of duty. I wish you good health, success, and new professional achievements. Happiness and well-being to you and your loved ones. Peace and prosperity to our states,” the Secretary General of the Organization said.
Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Hero of the Russian Federation Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov, speaking at the ceremonial event, in particular, noted that “23 February has become a symbol of the unity of the defenders of the Fatherland, a symbol of the common heroic history of our peoples.”
Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov said: “On this day, we pay tribute to the indomitable generation of the Victors. We will always remember that in the Great Patriotic War it was the Soviet people who defended the freedom of our country, all of Europe, and the entire world.”
Addressing the participants of the event, Colonel General Serdyukov also said: “Our task is to remain constantly ready to defend the interests of the CSTO member states in a unified combat formation, as it has been throughout the history of our countries.”
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff also emphasized that among the unconditional priorities of the current year is the implementation of the priority areas of activity declared by the Russian Federation for the period of its chairmanship in the Organization, conducted under the motto announced by the President of Russia — “Collective security in a multipolar world: a single goal — shared responsibility.”
