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
Russian attack aircrafts will support the CSTO Collective Forces at the “Rubezh-2022” training in the Republic of Tajikistan
Russian Su-25 attack aircrafts will support from the air the Central Asian region's Collective Rapid Deployment Forces in the joint training "Rubezh-2022" in southern Tajikistan.
In the course of the active phase of the training, aircraft crews will practice searching for and destroying enemy targets by carrying out airstrikes on “enemy” positions at the “Harbmaydon” training range.
The active phase of the training will take place from 17 to 21 October. Military contingents of the member states of the Central Asian region, task forces of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat will take part in the practical actions. The core of the Russian contingent is made up of servicemen of the Central Military District from the 201st Military Base.
Participants will practice the preparation and conduct of a joint CAR CRDF operation to destroy illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
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Joint press center of the CSTO trainings