On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
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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