The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
On June 24-26, the second staff negotiations were held in the Kyrgyz Republic on the organization and conduct an operational meeting with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) and a command and staff training with units of the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2025", conducted as part of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
Peacekeepers used the “Fly” attack drone for the first time during the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2023” joint training in the Kyrgyz Republic
11.10.2023
Today, in the Kyrgyz Republic, at the “Edelweiss” training range, as part of the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces, servicemen of the Russian contingent for the first time used the "Fly" attack drone.
In the course of a practical actions by the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces, the “Fly” attack drone, while on the line of contact, took target coordinates, took off and struck the designated targets. The “Fly” is equipped with mounts for droppable munitions with a stabilizer for the application of fire.
The “Fly” attack drone was developed by the Russian specialists and is capable of carrying a payload weighing about 5 kilograms, staying in the air for 30 minutes. The drone is equipped with a 30x zoom camera, which allows it to be used for reconnaissance purposes, and the “Fly” is resistant to electronic warfare.
The active phase of the joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" is taking place at the “Edelweiss” training range in the Kyrgyz Republic from 9 to 13 October. National contingents of the Peacekeeping Forces of the Republics of Belarus and Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as operational groups of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat are taking part in the training. The training involves about 1,500 servicemen, over 200 units of armored and motor vehicles, Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters, Su-25, Su-30 and Il-76 aircraft, unmanned aviation and combat boats.
The Joint Press Centre of the CSTO training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023", the Kyrgyz Republic, “Edelweiss” training ground
