On 21 May 2025, the CSTO member states held consultations by videoconferencing using the communications channels of the CSTO Crisis Response Centre under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation on the theme “On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation” (CADN), in which delegations of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Acting Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and members of the CSTO Secretariat took part.
Today in Minsk, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov took part in the events of the 12th International Exhibition of Armaments and Military Equipment “MILEX-2025” at the invitation of Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus.
On May 19, 2025 in Bishkek, under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, a meeting of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly was held, during which the Secretary General of the Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov made a report on the theme: “On the implementation of decisions (November 2024) session of the CSTO SCS and measures taken to counter challenges and threats to collective security”.
On May 12, 2025, in Moscow, in the Red Banner Hall of the Frunze Central House of the Russian Army, a solemn event dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty (May 15, 1992) was held.
The CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff held an international conference on the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory
24.04.2025
On 24 April 2025, in Moscow, the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted an international scientific and practical conference organized by the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff on the theme: “Contribution of the peoples of the CSTO member states to the Victory in the Great Patriotic War”.
The event was attended by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Hero of the Russian Federation Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, representatives of the leadership of the Organization's member states, Eurasian interstate associations, specialized educational institutions, as well as leading experts in the field of international politics and security.
During the plenary session, the Conference participants listened to a video address by Mr. Sadyr Japarov, Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council and President of the Kyrgyz Republic.
The keynote speeches on the heroism of the Soviet people, the historical role of the defeat of Nazism and the importance of preserving the memory of the Great Patriotic War were delivered, in particular, by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Alexander Fomin, Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Marat Imankulov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Neverovsky, CIS Deputy Secretary General Nurlan Seitimov, Head of the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center Yevgeny Sysoev, Deputy Chairman of the CIS Border Troops Commanders Council Alexander Manilov, Head of the Military History Museum of Almaty, granddaughter of the legendary commander of the Hero of the Soviet Union Major General Ivan Panfilov Alua Baikadamova, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan Khairiddin Usmonzoda. The Conference was moderated by Fyodor Voitolovsky, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of IMEMO named after E.M. Primakov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Natalia Kharitonova, Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Press Secretary of the CSTO Secretariat.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and Alexei Spirin, Deputy Head of the Research Institute of Military History for scientific work, made a presentation of the encyclopedia “The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.
During the public forum held on the margins of the Conference, topical issues on the current international agenda were discussed in detail, with an emphasis on security problems. Particular attention was paid to the topic of jointly countering attempts to falsify history.
At the initiative of the Head of the Information and Public Relations Division of the CSTO Secretariat, Yuri Shuvalov, the meeting participants exchanged views on the elaboration of an information strategy for the CSTO member states and the formation of an association of analytical centers of the CSTO member states. The participants in the discussions recognized the advisability of further work on these issues.
At the end of the Conference, the participants adopted an Appeal.