On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat, headed by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, is taking part in the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”, being held in Minsk from June 17 to 19, 2026.
Regular meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Warfare under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers held in Saint Petersburg
The CSTO Collective Forces in the course of the first stage of the "Echelon-2020" special training began to deploy the material and technical area
18.08.2020
On August 18, this year, in the course of the first stage of the "Echelon-2020" special training with the assets of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces at the “Kapustin Yar” training ground in the Astrakhan region, specialists began to deploy the material and technical area.
With the receipt of the letter of instruction, the officials of the CSTO CRRF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics control center began to develop an idea for organizing the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics during the joint operation. In the course of the work, new algorithms for the work of the logistics management groups are tested.
Specialists of the defense departments of the CSTO member states, in cooperation with the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics units of the Southern Military District in the field, fulfilled the standards for replenishment of ammunition consumption on-station, the deployment of a mass refueling area in order to replenish fuel consumption in the course of the march, the deployment of a bath and laundry plant using field kits laundry PPP-60 and mobile field bath PPB-32, as well as mobile bakery.
At the training ground, the servicemen deployed a PSG-600 field fuel depot and started refueling the vehicles involved in the training.
Together with the units of a separate repair and evacuation regiment of the Southern Military District, they deployed an integrated area for the repair and restoration of automobile and armored vehicles. To carry out operational confirmation of the safety and quality of food raw materials and food products of animal and plant origin, Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics specialists prepared a mobile field veterinary and sanitary laboratory for operation.
Military contingents of the Organization's member states and an operational group of the CSTO Joint Staff are taking part in the training under the charge of the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Lieutenant General Viktor Voronov. In total, about 1,000 military personnel and about 250 pieces of equipment are involved.
The Joint Press Center for the CSTO "Echelon-2020" training
