Video message from Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, to participants in a thematic event organized by Russia “on the margins” of the 69th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs “Regional Efforts to Combat Drug Crime: Best Practices of the CSTO, the SCO, and the CIS”
A working meeting chaired by Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev, Head of the CSTO Troop Deployment Planning Department (Collective Forces), was held with the participation of representatives of the defense ministries of the Republic of Belarus (via videoconferencing), the Russian Federation, and the CSTO Joint Staff.
On 5 March 2026, a working meeting was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Yuri Seliverstov.
On 4 March, Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Adilet Orozbekov presented certificates of advanced training in the field of “Information Security of Automated Systems” to civil servants.
The Protocol amending the Agreement on Cooperation of the CSTO Member States in the Field of Transportation of Military and Other Formations, Their Movable Property, as well as Military Products, and the Protocol amending the Agreement on the Status of Formations of Forces and Means of the CSTO Collective Security System, signed during the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Astana on 28 November 2024, have entered into force.
Results of the 16th meeting of the CSTO Emergency Coordination Council
05.09.2025
On the eve, on September 4, the 16th meeting of the Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO CCES) was held in the city of Cholpon-Ata under the chairmanship of the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lieutenant General Boobek Azhikeyev.
The heads of the emergency departments of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Russian Federation and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the work of the Coordination Council.
The delegates summed up the activities of the Coordinating Council over the past year and reviewed the plan of joint activities for 2026 aimed at improving the effectiveness of cooperation within the CSTO in the field of emergency prevention and response.
In his welcoming speech, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic, Boobek Azhikeev, noted that a sustainable future was impossible without close cooperation between emergency departments.
"Only by combining our efforts will we be able to protect our countries from emergencies," Boobek Azhikeyev, Chairman of the Coordinating Council, said.
During the meeting, the members of the CCES discussed the issues of holding a special training "Skala" in 2026, which is planned to be held on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Also, according to CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, the issue of creating a Humanitarian Center to coordinate emergency response in the Central Asian region was considered.
The Council decided to establish a working group to evaluate this initiative and work out the practical part of its implementation.
During the work of the CCES, the participants discussed the prospects for further cooperation with international organizations in order to use their potential in providing assistance to victims in emergency situations.
Following the meeting, the chairmanship of the CSTO CCES was transferred to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Alexander Kurenkov expressed gratitude to the Kyrgyz side for the effective coordination of cooperation between the rescue agencies of the CSTO member states and confirmed that the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation would continue to preside over the work of the Coordinating Council based on the principles of cooperation and mutual support.
He also said that the 17th meeting of the CSTO CCES was scheduled to be held in June 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
