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.”
Representative of Armenia Viktor Biyagov elected Chairman of the CSTO Permanent Council
12.10.2021
October 12, 2021, in face-to-face format a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held, in which the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part.
Due to the transfer of the chairmanship of the CSTO in 2021-2022 from the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of Armenia in rotation, the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of Armenia to the CSTO Viktor Biyagov was elected Chairman of the Permanent Council. The plenipotentiary of Tajikistan, Hasan Sultonov, handed him the Chairman's wooden hammer, symbolizing the adoption of a decision by the CSTO Permanent Council. Khasan Sultonov was thanked for the fruitful and constructive work as Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization in 2020-2021.
During the meeting of the Permanent Council, issues on the agenda were discussed, which related to the congress and exhibition activities of the CSTO and the preparation of a draft statement by the ministers of foreign affairs of the Organization's member states.
________________________________________________________
The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7495-795-27-10,
+7495-621-33-23-tel/fax
