From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
An international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation
19.05.2026
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.
The event was attended by representatives of the diplomatic corps of the CSTO, CIS, SCO, BRICS and OSCE member states in Vienna, representatives of the OSCE Secretariat and the United Nations Office at Vienna, media representatives from the CSTO member states, as well as independent experts.
Opening the discussion, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov informed the participants about the main areas of the Organization’s activities and the tasks facing the CSTO.
Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov delivered a report via videoconference entitled “The military component of the CSTO as the most important element of the Organization’s collective security system.”
During the round table, presentations were delivered on the military component and peacekeeping activities of the CSTO. They provided comprehensive information on the principles underlying the structure of the Organization, the legal basis for cooperation among the CSTO member states, and the main areas of work aimed at shaping a new architecture of international security in Eurasia.
The participants in the discussion expressed confidence that the event would give additional impetus to cooperation among regional structures operating on the Eurasian continent in the interests of peace and stability.
