From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies have discussed the Plan of joint training of command bodies and formations of forces and means of the CSTO collective security system for 2024 and activities until 2030
16.12.2022
On December 13-14, on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Joint Staff, consultations of representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the member states of the Organization to consider documents of joint training of command bodies and formations of the forces and means of collective security system were held via videoconferencing.
Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the consultations.
The meeting has discussed measures aimed at increasing the readiness of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system to carry out earmarked tasks. Joint trainings are conducted against the background of the general military-political and strategic situation being developed by the CSTO Joint Staff in cooperation with the CSTO Secretariat and interested ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states in order to coordination the command bodies and formations of the forces and means of the collective security system and test their readiness.
The consultations provided an opportunity to discuss, finalize and agree on the draft Plan for joint training of command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system for 2024 and the List of measures for joint training of command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system for the period until 2030.
The agreed draft documents will be sent to the member states of the Organization for domestic approval.
