From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
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.
The Collective Forces of Rapid Deployment of the Central Asian region and the CSTO Peacekeeping forces are preparing for the joint operational-strategic trainigs "Combat Brotherhood-2019"
26.06.2019
From June 24 to June 26, the second headquarters negotiations on the organization of joint trainings “Indestructible Brotherhood-2019” with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region and the CSTO Peacekeeping forces, held within the framework of the operational-strategic exercise “Combat Brotherhood-2019”, took place in Dushanbe.
The negotiations were attended by delegations of interested ministries and departments from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, representatives of the CSTO Joint Staff and the Secretariat of the Organization.
The negotiators reviewed and agreed on the organization of the leadership of the trainings, the composition of the contingents of the CSTO member states involved in the training, the content of combat training tasks, as well as the issues of comprehensive training support.
On the territory of Tajikistan, during a joint trainings, the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region will conduct a counter-terrorist operation in mountainous conditions. At the second stage of this exercise, a post-conflict settlement will be worked out: the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping forces will conduct a joint peacekeeping operation.
The exercise is conducted in accordance with the Plan for the joint training of management bodies and forces and facilities of the collective security system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for 2019.
