On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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.
The President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov met with the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas
01.09.2021
On September 1, this year, in Bishkek, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov received the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas, who is in the country on a two-day working visit. In the course of the meeting the CSTO Secretary General reported on the preparation for the upcoming regular session of the Collective Security Council in Dushanbe on September 15-16 and a joint meeting of the CSTO CFM, CMD and CSSC, as well as informed about the situation in the CSTO zone of responsibility.
President Sadyr Japarov noted that the Kyrgyz Republic attached special importance to cooperation of member States within the CSTO as a guarantor of security in the region. According to him, the growing level of threats in the Organization's area of responsibility requires close cooperation. It is necessary to maintain a high degree of readiness to neutralize risks and, if necessary, to respond promptly.
In turn, Stanislav Zas expressed his satisfaction with the meeting with the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and stressed its necessity in connection with the situation in the region. In addition, taking the opportunity, he congratulated President Sadyr Japarov on the 30th anniversary of independence of the Kyrgyz Republic and wished success, development, prosperity to the people of the country.
During his working visit to the country, the CSTO Secretary General also met with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, Marat Imankulov, the Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev, the Defense Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Major General Taalaibek Omuraliev and the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiev.In the course of the meetings they discussed the military-political situation in the Central Asian region of collective security, and preparations for the joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (scheduled for September 15 this year in Dushanbe).
At the meeting of the CSTO Secretary General with the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, one of the central themes was the discussion of issues of combating terrorism and drug trafficking.
