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 visited several border areas between Armenia and Azerbaijan
17.09.2022
On September 17 of this year, the advance team of the CSTO mission in the Republic of Armenia, headed by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, conducted monitoring of the situation in several areas adjacent to the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Representatives of the Armenian Armed Forces demonstrated the consequences of shelling on the territory of an air defense unit. The Mission also visited the town of Goris and the village of Akner in the Syunik region, where an artillery shell hit a residential building and caused damage.
"The main task of today was to visit the territories, the places where the clashes took place: areas, settlements, positions of the Armenian side units that were subjected to fire. We try to be as objective as possible, so we will work on the facts, it is too early to talk about any conclusions," Colonel General Anatoliy Sidorov said after the visit.
The CSTO Mission advance team also visited one of the units of the 102nd Russian military base. The command of the base briefed the group on the deployment procedures, the main tasks assigned to the unit and the organization of interaction with the military authorities of the Republic of Armenia Armed Forces and local administrations.
