On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
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).
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff took part in a meeting of the heads of the defense committees of the CSTO parliaments
23.10.2025
Today in Dushanbe, at the Parliament of the Republic of Tajikistan, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, delivered a report at a meeting of the Coordination Council of the Chairmen of the Defense and Security Committees (commissions) on defense and security of the parliaments of the CSTO member states under the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
In his speech, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov noted that, given the dynamics of the military-political situation, the most important priority for the Organization was to conduct high-quality joint operational and combat training activities in order to maintain the readiness of the Collective Forces to respond to crisis situations.
“This year, one of our priority tasks is to work out practical issues related to the organization of management and coordination of the Joint Forces,” Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov said.
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff noted that in 2025, prior to the start of joint trainings in the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Republic of Tajikistan, officers of the Joint Staff conducted instructional and methodological training sessions with trainee officers on the procedure for organizing the management and coordination of Collective Forces group commands, taking into account the experience of the Russian Armed Forces in conducting special military operations.
Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov also briefed the heads of the parliamentary defense committees on the main results of this year's joint trainings and on the planned joint operational and combat training activities for 2026.
The meeting participants discussed a wide range of issues related to interparliamentary cooperation on challenges and threats to national, collective, and regional security.
