On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.
On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”
The CSTO mission advance team visited several border areas between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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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.
