The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
On June 24-26, the second staff negotiations were held in the Kyrgyz Republic on the organization and conduct an operational meeting with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) and a command and staff training with units of the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2025", conducted as part of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
On the participation of the CSTO Secretariat delegation in international scientific and practical events at the Siberian Law Institute of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
04.04.2025
On 3-4 April 2025, in the city of Krasnoyarsk, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by Valery Semerikov, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization, took part in the XXVIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Current Problems in Combating Crime: Issues of Theory and Practice” and the International Scientific and Practical Seminar “Countering the Drug Threat at the Present Stage: Legal and Socio-Humanitarian Aspects” organized on the basis of the Siberian Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
In his address to the participants, Valery Semerikov delivered a welcoming speech by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, gave an overview of the CSTO's activities in countering security challenges and threats, emphasizing the importance of such events for the introduction of innovative approaches in the implementation of the CSTO tasks to combat the drug threat in its area of responsibility.
The high level of organization and effectiveness of the Siberian Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia as a basic educational institution for training specialists in drug trafficking control for the CSTO member states were noted.
During one of the sections of the conference, Vladimir Petrishchev, Consultant of the Legal Department of the CSTO Secretariat, made a report on “The CSTO and the Fight against Illicit Drug Trafficking: International Legal Aspect”.
