On August 31, 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan had a meeting with the CSTO Secretary General
12.01.2022
On January 12, this year, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas in Nur-Sultan.
The Kazakhstan’s head of State thanked the allies for conducting the peacekeeping operation and for their assistance in the face of a terrorist attack. The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan has announced the completion of the CSTO peacekeeping operation.
In turn, Stanislav Zas has informed Kassym-Jomart Tokayev about the progress of the CSTO peacekeeping mission in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the beginning of the withdrawal of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Withdrawal of troops will begin on January 13 and will be completed within 10 days.
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