The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. CSTO Secretariat representative Igor Panarin took part in the event.
On the meeting of the senior administrative officials of the CSTO, the SCO and the CIS
27.09.2023
On 27 September, Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Zhang Ming, the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and Ilkhom Nematov, the Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States, held a working meeting in Beijing.
During the meeting, senior administrative officials from the three leading Eurasian regional organizations shared their assessments of the security and stability situation in their respective areas of responsibility. Particular attention was paid to practical cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism, drug trafficking and transnational crime, as well as to the development of more active cooperation between the information and intelligence structures of the three organizations.
