An international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel Region: Development Forecasts for 2027” was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On October 18, 2026, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise opened in the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the CSTO Collective Security System. The exercise involves special units of internal affairs and national security agencies, internal troops (National Guard), special services and anti-drug agencies, as well as rescue units incorporated into the Special Purpose Forces formations of the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF).
From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Today, the final stages of 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” took place at the Losvido and Starodorozhsky training ranges in the Republic of Belarus.
On October 15–16, a CSTO, CIS and SCO conference on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan was held in Moscow as part of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship programme.
The CSTO Permanent Council agreed on the Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II
16.09.2019
On September 16 this year, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held. It was haired by the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic Aman Mambetseyitov. The CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov also took part in the meeting.
The draft Statement of the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War was considered and it was decided to submit the Statement for consideration during the working meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers on September 27 this year in New York at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
The Permanent Council also agreed on draft decisions of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the implementation of the CSTO Budget for 2018 and on the basic organization in the field of development of cooperative and integration ties of enterprises and organizations of the military-industrial complexes of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states. It was decided to submit the draft of these documents for consideration by the CSTO authorized organs.
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