On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
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.
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
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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 Regional organizations are able to form an alternative to inefficient or outdated models of relationships and create new, more effective security mechanisms."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.
