On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
The CSTO Permanent Council has considered the Plan of consultations on foreign policy, security and defense
05.04.2021
On April 5, this year, under the chairmanship of the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan Hasan Sultonov, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held in person. The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the meeting.
In preparation for the upcoming in April and May, this year, meetings of the Organization's statutory bodies, the Plan of consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense for the second half of 2021 - the first half of 2022, as well as the Action Plan dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Collective Security and the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization have been considered.
A number of other documents were also considered. Work on the above plans and documents will continue at subsequent meetings of the CSTO Permanent Council.
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