Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026”.
On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
The CSTO Permanent Council agreed on draft agendas for a session of the Collective Security Council and a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Council of Ministers of Defense, The Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council
On September, 2019 a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held under the chairmanship of the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic, Aman Mambetsiteov. The meeting was attended by the CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
Draft agendas for the joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Ministers of Defense and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils, as well as the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council which will be held in late November this year in Bishkek, were formed. It was decided to forward the draft of these documents for approval to the chairmen of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Ministers of Defense and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and the Chairman of the Collective Security Council of the CSTO.
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