On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
The CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov participated in the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna
10.12.2018On December 7-8, the CSTO Secretary General, Yuri Khachaturov, at the invitation of the Austrian office in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), visited the Republic of Austria to attend the 24th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
He took part in the sessions of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE participating States and spoke at an informal meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE participating States, held in the form of a working lunch. For the first time, the OSCE Secretary General was provided to the CSTO Secretary General.
In his speech, the CSTO Secretary General assessed the global threats to security and stability in Europe, informed the heads of delegations of the OSCE 57 member states, as well as the countries and organizations that are its cooperation partners, about the multifaceted activities of the CSTO to counter contemporary challenges on the continent. Yuri Khachaturov stressed the readiness of the CSTO, which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty this year, as well as 15 years of its creation on its basis as an international regional organization, to further strengthen interaction with partner international organizations, primarily the UN and the OSCE.
Yuri Khachaturov also attended a dinner given by the OSCE on December 7 for foreign ministers and heads of delegations of international organizations.
The OSCE Ministerial Council, which was opened by the Austrian Chairmanship, delivered by Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz, heard a message from the Secretary General of the Organization, T. Greminger, and at three plenary sessions discussed a wide range of current issues of the situation on the continent and European cooperation. At the closing session, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office and the current Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Austria and Italy spoke and approved the final documents adopted in accordance with the OSCE rule of consensus, including the decision to hold the next ministerial meeting in a year in Rome.
_______________________________________________________________CSTO Press secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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