A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
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.
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
