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 meeting between the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Central Asia Kakha Imnadze
On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
The sides noted the dynamic development of contacts between the CSTO Secretariat and relevant UN structures, and exchanged assessments on a wide range of issues on the international agenda. Particular attention was paid to the situation in Central Asia. The importance of constant monitoring of the impact of the "Afghan factor" on peace and security in the region, as well as the importance of preventive action to counter risks and threats, including cooperation in the information and forecasting sphere, were emphasized.