On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat, headed by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, is taking part in the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”, being held in Minsk from June 17 to 19, 2026.
Regular meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Warfare under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers held in Saint Petersburg
Working group under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers has discussed electronic warfare in the Republic of Kazakhstan
On June 19, in Astana, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a regular meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers on electronic warfare was held.
The event, chaired by Lieutenant General Yuri Lastochkin, Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was attended by representatives of the defense agencies of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation and a group of officers from the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev, Head of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) Application Planning Department.
During the meeting, the participants discussed the experience of using electronic warfare forces and means in modern armed conflicts, the results of research into the organization of joint use of electronic warfare units within the framework of the joint training with the CSTO CRRF "Interaction-2023", as well as the prospects for the development of military-technical cooperation in the field of equipping with compatible samples of electronic warfare equipment.
Based on the results of the discussion, it was deemed advisable to further improve the Organization's regulatory legal framework in the area of electronic warfare.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan
