On March 31, 2026, scheduled consultations on topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation (CSTO) were held in Moscow at the CSTO Secretariat under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by delegations of the CSTO member states, acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and other representatives of the Organization's Secretariat.
On March 30, a working meeting was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between the Organization’s Secretary General, Talatbek Masadykov, and Igor Korotchenko, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “National Defense” and a member of the Public Council under the Russian Ministry of Defense.
On March 26, 2026, at the CSTO Secretariat, a meeting was held between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Fyodor Voitlovsky, Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) RAS. The event was the latest in a series of meetings between the CSTO Secretary General and representatives of the scientific and expert community of the Organization’s member states.
On March 26, 2026, a meeting of the International Headquarters of the CSTO regional operation “Illegal-2026” was held via videoconferencing.
From April 6 to 8 of this year, the Park Hotel “Ognikovo” (Moscow Region, Istrinsky District, Ognikovo settlement), the XXIII International Seminar-Conference on Mixed Martial Arts will be held with the heads of combat and physical training from the law enforcement ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states.
The CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov attends the 82nd meeting of the Council of Commanders of the CIS Border Troops in Minsk
17.10.2019
On October 17, in Minsk, the Republic of Belarus, the regular 82nd meeting of the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops took place, chaired by the First Deputy Director - Head of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, Army General Vladimir Kulishov.
The meeting was attended by delegations of the border agencies of the CIS member states and the SKPV Coordination Service, Honorary Members of the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops, heads of interacting competent CIS bodies and working structures of relevant international organizations, as well as CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
During the meeting, the situation developing on the external borders of the CIS member states and its development trends were analyzed.
Valery Semerikov in his speech “On joint efforts to maintain a stable environment on the common security space and on the external borders of the CSTO member states” emphasized the situation in the Organization’s area of responsibility, touched on questions of the CSTO measures to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border, to counter challenges and outgoing threats from the territory of Afghanistan, informed about CSTO initiatives to maintain regional stability and security.
On the sidelines of the 82nd meeting of the SKPV, Valery Semerikov also held working meetings with the heads of the border agencies of the CSTO member states. In particular, issues were discussed regarding the implementation of the draft CSTO Interstate Program for Strengthening Tajik-Afghan Borders.
At a gala reception at the Palace of the Republic for significant contribution to strengthening the border security of the CSTO member states, Valery Semerikov handed the jubilee badge “25th Anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty” to Major General Anatoly Lappo, Chairman of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus.
