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 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.
