The 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
Russian representative Andrei Shvedov was elected Chairman of the CSTO Permanent Council
03.12.2019
On December 3, 2019, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, chaired by the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic Aman Mambetseyitov, was held. The CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the meeting.
They discussed the preparations for the working meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the CSTO member states, which will be held on December 5, 2019 on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Bratislava.
In connection with the transfer of the chairmanship of the CSTO in 2019-2020 to the Russian Federation, the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of Russia to the CSTO, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Vladimirovich Shvedov was elected Chairman of the Permanent Council. The plenipotentiary representative of Kyrgyzstan handed him a wooden hammer, symbolizing the adoption of decisions by the CSTO Permanent Council. Aman Mambetseyitov was thanked for the fruitful and constructive work as Chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization in 2018-2019.
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