On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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.
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CSTO Secretary General held a meeting in Minsk, during which they discussed the foreign policy coordination of the Organization, as well as the preparation of the upcoming CSTO CMD meeting
05.03.2020
March 5, 2020, in Minsk, a meeting was held between the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Vladimir Makei.
The interlocutors exchanged views on the situation in the field of international and regional security, and discussed promising areas of cooperation within the CSTO. They also discussed issues of foreign policy coordination in the format of the CSTO and preparations for the upcoming May this year meetings of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, as well as consultations on Eurasian and Euro-Atlantic security, which are scheduled to be held before the Council of Ministers of Defense meeting.
The CSTO Secretary General informed Vladimir Makei about the process of ratification of the documents forming the legal status of the CSTO Partner and Observer. “The CSTO Secretariat is preparing proposals for the targeted application of a new format of relations with third countries and international organizations. As potential partners and observers, we consider international organizations with which practical cooperation has already developed - these are, first of all, the CIS, SCO, and the OSCE, ”said Stanislav Zas.
The Belarusian Foreign Minister and the CSTO Secretary General also discussed the implementation of joint events dedicated to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
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