28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
The CSTO mission in the Republic of Armenia led by the Secretary General of the Organization Stanislav Zas visited border area with the Republic of Azerbaijan
22.09.2022
On September 22, this year, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas visited the Vayots Dzor border region on the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan as part of the work of the Collective Security Treaty Organization mission to the Republic of Armenia.
Stanislav Zas met with commanders of the Armenian Armed Forces units deployed on the line of contact and representatives of local authorities. He also inspected places that were subjected to shelling and talked with servicemen, who took part in the hostilities.
The CSTO mission headed by the CSTO Secretary General arrived in the Republic of Armenia in accordance with the decision of the extraordinary meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council on September 13. The mission is composed of representatives of the CSTO member states, who are members of the Organization's working bodies.
The mission is tasked to assess the existing situation, prepare a detailed report to the heads of the CSTO member states on the situation in the region, and work out proposals on de-escalation of tension in certain areas on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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