On August 31, 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
A working meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev
27.01.2026
On January 20, 2026, a working meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
During the discussion, held in a friendly atmosphere, the heads of the executive bodies of the two Eurasian organizations exchanged views on current international and regional developments, as well as on the experience of both organizations in their priority areas of activity. In particular, they discussed issues related to the implementation of the Roadmap for the Development of Cooperation between the CSTO, the CIS, and the SCO for 2026–2028, signed at the meeting held on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, with a focus on aligning integration projects.
The senior administrative officials of the CSTO and the CIS unanimously expressed the view that regional organizations are called upon to play an important role in maintaining peace, preventing and overcoming instability, shaping a new Eurasian security architecture, and strengthening cooperation in the economic and humanitarian spheres.
