85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
On the meeting between the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Central Asia Kakha Imnadze
09.10.2023
On 9 October 2023, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between Samat Ordabaev, the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and Kakha Imnadze, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
During the meeting, the sides discussed a wide range of issues in the context of the dynamically developing contacts between the CSTO and the United Nations. Particular attention was paid to the situation in the Central Asian region in view of the "Afghan factor", the exchange of experience on preventive measures to counter risks and threats, and cooperation in the field of information and forecasting.
