On 17 April 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Central Asia, Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kaha Imnadze.
On 17 April 2026, the 17th meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils on information security was held in Moscow, with the participation of delegations of representatives of national coordinating and competent authorities on information security, as well as experts and specialists from relevant national structures and agencies of the Organization’s member states.
On 16 April 2026, the 21st meeting of the Council of the CSTO Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response (CCC CSTO) was held in Moscow, with the participation of delegations of representatives of national competent authorities for computer incident response of the Organization’s member states, as well as a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by Umarzoda Umar Safar, Head of the Countering Challenges and Threats Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On 17 April, the annual training courses for representatives of the CSTO member states who do not have the status of military personnel were completed at the CSTO Secretariat.
On 15 April 2026, a meeting was held in Bishkek between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov.
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat took part in a conference on Afghanistan
26.10.2025
On October 26, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IOS RAS) hosted an international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Domestic Political Situation in Afghanistan and Its Impact on the Security of Countries in the Region.” The conference was attended by representatives of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), as well as the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and scientists from relevant research centers in Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Pakistan, and other countries. The event brought together leading experts to develop balanced approaches to solving Afghanistan's pressing problems and assessing their impact on regional security.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov addressed the conference participants with a welcoming speech. In his address, he emphasized the relevance of dialogue in light of the serious challenges facing Afghanistan and the entire region.
“I am convinced that it is precisely constructive discussion aimed at fulfilling specific practical tasks in the field of regional security that will allow us to better understand the underlying processes taking place in Afghanistan, predict changes in the situation in the country and the region, and develop balanced approaches to solving accumulated problems,” Imangali Tasmagambetov said.
The Secretary General also reported that the CSTO Secretariat initiated this expert format in 2023 and highly valued its continuation as an extremely important area of work for the Organization.
During the two sessions of the conference, experts discussed a wide range of issues, including the domestic political situation in Afghanistan, the Taliban's personnel and ethnic policies, the risks of the spread of terrorism and extremism, as well as the impact of the Afghan crisis on the security of neighboring states and the prospects for regional infrastructure projects.
The recommendations developed during the event will be summarized and sent to the Working Group on Afghanistan under the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for use in the practical activities of the Organization.
