On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
Condolences by the CSTO Secretary General on the tragic events in Sevastopol
24.06.2024To the Governor of the city of Sevastopol
M.V. RAZVOZHAYEV
Dear Mikhail Vladimirovich,
The Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization has taken the news of the tragic events in Sevastopol with a sense of deep pain.
Allow me to express to you and the people of the city of Sevastopol our deepest condolences for the loss of civilian lives as a result of the missile attack. The Organization shares the grief of this irreparable loss. We strongly condemn any action against civilians.
I wish fortitude and self-control to you and the people of Sevastopol in these sorrowful days, and speedy recovery to the injured.
With deep condolences,
The CSTO Secretary General
I.N. Tasmagambetov
