October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
At the meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council, an Action Plan of the CSTO Member States on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy for 2019-2021 was agreed
22.03.2019The draft Plan of Collective Action by the CSTO member states on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy for 2019-2021, as well as the CSTO Crisis Response Center information interaction regulations were reviewed and agreed upon. The Permanent Council discussed the draft agenda of the upcoming meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense at the end of April and decided to send it for approval to the Chairman of the CSTO SMO.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov
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