On September 4, 2026, consultations on “Coordinating the positions of CSTO member states on the agenda of the UN General Assembly” were held in Moscow in accordance with the Plan of Consultations of Representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States on Foreign Policy, Security and Defense for 2025–2027.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Today, a briefing was held by Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, on the topic “On the readiness of command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system forces and assets to conduct joint exercises.”
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov holds a working meeting with Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Mukambetov
An operational meeting was held with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region
15.09.2025
On 14 September, in the Kyrgyz Republic, at the “Edelweiss” training center, an operational meeting was held with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) on the topic “Fundamentals of training and conducting combat operations by the CAR CRDF to destroy illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state”.
Representatives of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the CSTO Joint Staff briefed participants on the analysis of challenges and threats in the Central Asian region, the state and prospects of development of the military component of the CSTO, practical recommendations on the organization and conduct of combat operations, and current trends in the use of air defense, electronic warfare and UAV forces and means in armed conflicts. Command officers were also briefed on the development of command and control systems, the specifics of the use of engineering forces and means, NBC units, and the organization of technical and logistical support for the CAR CRDF.
The objectives of the meeting were to develop unified approaches to organizing the work of the operational staff of the CAR CRDF Command during the preparation and conduct of combat operations, as well as to coordinate the command and staff of the CAR CRDF ahead of the active phase of the “Rubezh-2025” command and staff training, which will be held on 17-20 September.
Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
