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 13th meeting of the General Secretaries of the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO took place
03.09.2025
On September 3, 2025, the thirteenth meeting of Senior Administrative Officials of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization was held in Beijing “on the margins” of the meeting of the Council of Heads of the SCO member states and the “SCO+” format. It was attended by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, the CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev and the SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev.
In a friendly atmosphere, the sides exchanged views on topical issues of the international situation, as well as priority areas of activity of the three organizations. Proposals for further development and strengthening of cooperation in the field of regional security and countering new challenges and threats were discussed.
There was a unanimous opinion that the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO have an ever-increasing role to play in maintaining global peace and regional security and preventing instability. The parties stated their commitment to the formation of a new Eurasian security architecture, the development of economic cooperation and interaction in the cultural sphere. The intention to ensure the linking of integration projects and the harmonization of relations between development centers in Eurasia was confirmed.
A signing ceremony was held for the Roadmap for the development of cooperation between the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO, as well as a joint statement by the Secretaries General of the CSTO, the CIS and the SCO on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
