On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
The XIV meeting of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on advertising and exhibition activities was held on the platform of the Forum "Army-2022”
19.08.2022The XIV meeting of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on the issues of advertising and exhibition activities was held on August 17, 2022 in the Congress and Exhibition Center "Patriot" on the site of the International military-technical forum "Army-2022".
The XIV meeting of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on the issues of advertising and exhibition activities was held on August 17, 2022 in the Congress and Exhibition Center "Patriot" on the site of the International military-technical forum "Army-2022".
The meeting was attended by members of the national parts of the Coordination Council and invited guests. The meeting was chaired by Valeriy Faletorov, Head of the Coordination Council and Adviser to the CSTO Secretariat's Office of Military Security Problems.
In the course of the joint meeting the following issues were discussed: the draft decision of the ICMEC "On the list of international exhibitions to be held in 2023 - 2024, which may host expositions of military, dual and special-purpose products and technologies of the CSTO member States"; on preparation of the international salons of arms held in the territory of the CSTO member States in 2022 - 2023 and the possibilities to organize a joint CSTO exposition and provide preferential conditions for the organizers of national expositions of the CSTO member States, as well as a draft list of international exhibitions to be held in 2023 - 2024, which may be the exposition of products of military, dual and special purposes and technologies of the CSTO member States, was finalized and agreed upon.
As a result of the meeting it was jointly decided to recommend the CSTO Secretariat to include the finalized draft Decision of the CSTO ICMEC "On the list of international exhibitions held in 2023 - 2024, which may host expositions of military, dual, special purpose and technology of the CSTO member States" into the draft agenda of the XX meeting of the Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation, and recommend to the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on issues of advertising and exhibition activities organize the participation of interested national enterprises in international arms shows, focus the efforts of organizers of national expositions of the CSTO member States on the formation of united national pavilions of arms shows held on the territory of the CSTO member States.
The speakers were: General Director of OVK BIZON LLC S.N. Marichev (the Russian Federation), General Director of “Astana-Expo KS” Exhibition Company S.A. Kanapyanov (the Republic of Kazakhstan), Director of BiEXPO LLC V.A. Linovitsky (the Kyrgyz Republic), Director of the Republican Unitary Enterprise National Exhibition Center “BelExpo” Baran S.A (the Republic of Belarus), Deputy General Director of JSC "Aviasalon" V.V. Stupitsky (the Russian Federation), Head of Advertising and Exhibition Activities Department of JSC "Rosoboronexport" I.A. Pashukov (the Russian Federation), Secretary of the Coordinating Council K.A. Nikulshin, representatives of the CSTO member States.
The event participants have confirmed their common interest in further development of advertising and exhibition activities in the sphere of military and economic cooperation of the CSTO, increasing the level of interaction between the national parts of the Coordinating Council as well as the organizers of national expositions of the CSTO member States.
For reference: The Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member States on the issues of advertising and exhibition activities was created by the Decision of the Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on October 6, 2011 in order to implement cooperation in the field of advertising and exhibition activities in the sphere of military-economic cooperation between the member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
