From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
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.
The CSTO mission advance team continues to work in the Republic of Armenia
16.09.2022
On 16 September this year, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, met Lieutenant General Roman Golubitsky, Head of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Armenia, as part of the visit of the CSTO mission advance team to the Republic of Armenia. The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and measures to solve it were discussed in detail, "We received a vision of the situation and operational information about what is happening from our border guards, who are on duty on the border and are involved in the protection of certain sections of the Armenian state border," Anatoly Sidorov said after the working meeting.
On the same day, he met with Sergey Kopyrkin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia. The diplomat said that Yerevan "attaches special importance to the CSTO Mission and expects the Collective Security Treaty Organization to play an important role in stabilizing the situation and taking steps to prevent further escalation.
On the eve, CSTO Chief of Staff Anatoli Sidorov had a working meeting with the Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan.
The advance group of CSTO mission arrived in the Republic of Armenia on September 15 in accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council. The Mission is tasked to work out proposals on de-escalation of tension.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
