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.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
The CSTO Peacekeeping Forces began preparations for a joint training in the Kyrgyz Republic
30.06.2022From 28 to 30 June, this year, the Kyrgyz Republic hosted the second staff talks on the preparation and conduct of the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" command-staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. The event took place in accordance with the Plan for joint training of command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Collective Security System for 2022.
</p>
<p>
Representatives of concerned ministries and departments of the CSTO member States, the CSTO Secretariat and a group of officers headed by Colonel Emilbek Tukaev, Deputy Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, took part in the negotiations, which took place at the Combat Training Center of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic.
</p>
<p>
In the course of the second staff talks, the idea of the joint training was reviewed, the composition of peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member States and issues of comprehensive support were clarified. A reconnaissance of the area where the training will take place - the territory of the “Edelweiss” training center - was conducted.
</p>
<p>
The command-staff training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces is held in 2022 at the final stage of the joint trainings of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) and is aimed at practicing the preparation and conduct of peacekeeping operations, as well as tasks of post-conflict settlement.
</p>
<p>
Peacekeeping contingents from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan are involved in the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" training. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross will be invited to the training.
</p>
<p>
Trainings with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood" have been conducted as part of joint training since 2012.
</p>
<p>
The CSTO member States' peacekeeping contingents are specially trained military, militia (police) and civilian personnel, as well as forces and means provided by the member States to the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. The total number of personnel is about 3,800. For participation in a particular peacekeeping operation, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces are created out of the Peacekeeping Forces.
</p>
<p>
The high level of joint operational and combat training of command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of collective security was confirmed by practical actions of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces in January 2022 during the provision of assistance to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
</p>
