On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On the anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty signing
15.05.202415 May marks the 32nd anniversary of the conclusion of the Collective Security Treaty. The document has played an important stabilizing role in the turbulent geopolitical changes in the post-Soviet space and to this day is a key element in ensuring the security of the participating states and maintaining peace and stability in the region.
As part of increasing the level of cooperation between brotherly countries, a historic decision was taken in 2002 to give the Collective Security Treaty the status of an international regional organization - the CSTO, which today unites six states - Russia, the Republics of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic.
Thanks to joint efforts, in a relatively short period of time the Collective Security Treaty Organization has established itself as a reputable multidisciplinary structure effectively addressing the tasks assigned to it in its area of responsibility. A vivid confirmation of the CSTO's maturity was the coordinated actions of its member states to assist the Republic of Kazakhstan in stabilizing the internal political situation in January 2022. On the basis of the experience of this peacekeeping operation, the leaders of the member states subsequently adopted a number of important decisions to improve the CSTO crisis response system aimed at enhancing the clarity, coherence and speed of the implementation of joint measures.
Guided by the CSTO Collective Security Strategy for the period up to 2025, the Organization's member states are consistently expanding allied cooperation. Foreign policy coordination is being strengthened. Efforts are being stepped up to combat international terrorism and extremism, illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, organized transnational crime and illegal migration.
New areas of cooperation – in the spheres of information and biological security –are progressively developing.
The allies pay particular attention to strengthening the Organization's force potential and improving the combat training and coherence of the CSTO Collective Security Forces contingents. This year, a set of joint trainings will be held with a focus on ensuring security in Central Asia on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan.
As the CSTO's peacekeeping component develops, the necessary conditions are being formed for the Organization to join United Nations peace operations.
The CSTO is focused on expanding its external relations and involving third countries and international organizations active in the field of security, including in the status of observers and partners of the Organization, in areas of mutual interest.
Prospects for the further development of multifaceted allied cooperation within the CSTO, the enhancement of its capabilities and measures to neutralize challenges and threats to the security of the member states are to be discussed at the forthcoming meetings of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers, the Committee of Secretaries of Security Council and the Council of Foreign Ministers in May-June 2024 in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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