On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
The CSTO Coordinating Council on Combating Illegal Migration has discussed the results of operation “Illegal-2022”
06.12.2022
On December 6 this year, in Yerevan, a meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration (CCCIM) was held.
Delegations from the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretariat participated in the meeting. The members of the CCCIM have discussed the state of the migration situation and changes in the migration legislation in the CSTO member states, praised the effectiveness of measures to counter illegal migration, in particular the CSTO operation "Illegal-2022", and summarized the results of the operation.
Also, the Russian side provided information on the humanitarian work carried out by Russia with regard to citizens arriving from the territory of Ukraine.
The CCCIM members heard a report from the Kazakh side on digitalization in the migration service of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
As a result of the CCCIM meeting it was decided to hold the next meeting in the second half of 2023 in the Republic of Belarus, the presidency of the CSTO in 2023.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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