On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
On the meeting of CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
08.02.2024
On 7 February, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
They discussed topical issues of the Organization's activities, the progress in implementing the decisions of the session of the Collective Security Council held in Minsk on 23 November 2023, as well as preparations for the upcoming CSTO Ministerial Council meeting in June this year.
Much attention was paid to the issues of integrating the CSTO's collective peacekeeping potential into the UN peacekeeping activities, the current results of the implementation of the Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border, as well as the demarcation and delimitation of the State border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
At the end of the meeting, Imangali Tasmagambetov presented awards to the Russian Foreign Ministry officials of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
For his significant contribution to strengthening inter-parliamentary cooperation in the CSTO format, Sergey Lavrov awarded a badge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation "For Interaction" Sergey Pospelov, the Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and Head of the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
