85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
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.
Commentary by the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas on the dramatic change in the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
16.08.2021The rapid offensive of the “Taliban” movement, coming of most of the territory of Afghanistan under its control, including the state borders and the capital, Kabul, as well as the actual change of power in the country, significantly affect the situation in the CSTO Central Asian region of collective security and cause deep concern.
The CSTO is closely monitoring situation development on the Tajik-Afghan border. The main goal of the Organization in the emerging circumstances remains to ensure the security of the CSTO member States. In this regard, the priority in the activities of the Organization continues to be given to political and diplomatic means. In the case of aggravation of the situation and threat to the security of the Republic of Tajikistan, all necessary collective measures, stipulated by the charter documents, will be taken to provide assistance to the ally.
Today I had telephone conversations with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan Sherali Mirzo and the Secretary of the Security Council of the country Nasrullo Mahmudzoda. At present, the Tajik law enforcement agencies fully control the situation on the border, and there is no need to involve the CSTO mechanisms.
Preparations have already begun for the CSTO Collective Forces trainings, which will take place near the Tajik-Afghan border in the coming months.
There is no doubt that the situation around Afghanistan will be one of the main issues of discussion in the course of the upcoming session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, which will be held in mid-September in Dushanbe, the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan.
