The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
On June 24-26, the second staff negotiations were held in the Kyrgyz Republic on the organization and conduct an operational meeting with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) and a command and staff training with units of the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2025", conducted as part of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said that he had excellent relations with the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov
04.06.2024
In the National Assembly of Armenia, during a discussion of the report on the implementation of the state budget, deputies asked the minister to respond to the recent statement by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov. Ararat Mirzoyan noted that he informed the head of the organization about his position on Yerevan’s relations with the CSTO.
“I have excellent personal relations with the Secretary General (CSTO) and I clearly convey my position to him,” Ararat Mirzoyan said .
Earlier, on June 3, at a meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in Almaty, Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov noted that the Republic of Armenia remained a full member of the Organization.
“Over the past year, colleagues from Armenia have significantly reduced their participation in the Organization’s events. However, the basic mechanisms of interaction are functioning. The Republic of Armenia remains a full member of the Organization, all obligations towards this country are retained in full. We hope that the political leadership of the Republic will clarify the prospects for its relations with the CSTO. This would be to the benefit of all participants in our association, first of all, for the full planning of future joint activities,” the CSTO Secretary General emphasized.
