On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
The next meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in a video conference mode on May 26. Heads of the diplomatic departments will discuss prospects for the development of international and regional security
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On May 26, 2020, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held in a video conference mode. To conduct the Ministerial Council, the capabilities of the CSTO Crisis Response Center will be used. The meeting will be attended by CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas.
The agenda of the meeting includes questions about the state and prospects of development of the international and regional situation and its impact on the security of the CSTO member states, on the CSTO cooperation with the CIS and the SCO.
Special attention will be paid to the interaction of the CSTO member states on international platforms, the development of the peacekeeping potential of the Organization and the CSTO Observing and Partnering Institutions, as well as joint counteraction to modern security challenges and threats.
It is planned to adopt a number of joint statements, in particular, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War, confirmation of commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
In addition, draft documents on a consultation plan for the second half of 2020-the first half of 2021, as well as on the next deployment of quota posts in the CSTO Secretariat, will be submitted to the ministers for consideration.
We consider the upcoming meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council as the next stage in the development of allied cooperation in the Organization.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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