On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.
On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”
In Minsk, the Defense Minister of the Republic of Belarus Viktor Khrenin addressed a meeting of heads of international military cooperation units of the armed forces of the CSTO member states
01.03.2023
March 1, Minsk /BELTA/. BElTA correspondent reports that the Republic of Belarus views the CSTO as a guarantor of international and regional security, This was stated by the Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin during the working meeting of the heads of international military cooperation units of the Armed Forces of the CSTO member states.
As the Minister of Defense noted, the event was attended by those officials who were directly responsible for shaping the external agenda of each of the defense agencies of the CSTO states. "The Republic of Belarus views the Collective Security Treaty Organization as a guarantor of international and regional security, stability, as well as the collective protection of the independence and territorial integrity and sovereignty of the CSTO member states. I am convinced that this event is a unique opportunity to establish closer contacts. In addition, it will make it possible to discuss existing problems both on the internal and external levels and to discuss ways to solve them using the potential of the CSTO," the Minister said.
Viktor Khrenin added that it was equally important to develop common approaches aimed at the development and strengthening of the military component, to create conditions for the organization to become stronger and more united. The Minister of Defense emphasized that the Organization as a whole and the majority of its members had recently faced unprecedented pressure.
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