The 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
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
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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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