On 5 March 2026, a working meeting was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Yuri Seliverstov.
On 4 March, Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Adilet Orozbekov presented certificates of advanced training in the field of “Information Security of Automated Systems” to civil servants.
The Protocol amending the Agreement on Cooperation of the CSTO Member States in the Field of Transportation of Military and Other Formations, Their Movable Property, as well as Military Products, and the Protocol amending the Agreement on the Status of Formations of Forces and Means of the CSTO Collective Security System, signed during the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Astana on 28 November 2024, have entered into force.
The CSTO Secretariat has received with deep concern reports of the launch of massive strikes by the United States and Israel against the territory of Iran, accompanied, inter alia, by civilian casualties.
The CSTO Secretariat is closely monitoring developments on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. The Organization is interested in peace and stability in the region and proceeds from the understanding that the only viable solution is a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
The Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat took part in the Annual Conference on the Review of Security Issues
26.06.2025
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
In his speech, Safar Umarzoda emphasized the global nature of the terrorist threat, which has intensified against the background of geopolitical turbulence. He emphasized the role of regional organizations, noting: "Strengthening regional stability... Regional organizations are able to form an alternative to inefficient or outdated models of relationships and create new, more effective security mechanisms." Practical measures of the CSTO were presented, including regular operations ("Channel", "PROXY", "Illegal", "Mercenary") aimed at suppressing channels of financing, recruitment and neutralizing the resource base of terrorism. The CSTO's readiness to share its accumulated experience, especially in the context of the Afghan crisis, was emphasized, and international and regional structures were called upon to actively cooperate.
