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 agreed on a package of important documents and political statements that will be considered at the upcoming session of the Collective Security Council in Dushanbe on September 16
08.09.2021
On September 8, 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.
Within the framework of preparation for the joint meeting of the CFM, the CMD, the CSSC and the session of the Collective Security Council to be held on September 15-16 this year in Dushanbe, several important political statements concerning the situation in Afghanistan, support of the UN Charter and strengthening cooperation, the CIS 30th anniversary and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization 20th anniversary have been considered and agreed upon.
Draft decisions of statutory bodies on the Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General for peacekeeping and on the basic research organization of the CSTO member States in the field of medical support of the armed forces of the CSTO member States and the CSTO troops (Collective Forces) were also agreed upon.
The Permanent Council decided to forward these documents in accordance with the established procedure for consideration at the forthcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies.
In the course of the Permanent Council meeting, work continued on the CSTO Collective Security Council Declaration.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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