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85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
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On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
A working meeting of the heads of the defense communication management bodies of the CSTO member states was held.
27.07.2023
From 25 to 27 July, the CSTO Joint Staff hosted a working meeting of the heads of defense communication management bodies of the CSTO member states.
The event was attended by representatives of the defense authorities of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat.
Addressing the participants of the working meeting, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, noted that the most important area of development of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was the improvement of the system of interstate information cooperation and the management system of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces), the technical basis of which was the communications system. He also noted that the experience of the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the annual joint trainings demonstrated the need to coordinate the efforts of the CSTO member states to improve the CSTO communication system.
The CSTO Joint Staff, in cooperation with defense agencies, has developed draft Recommendations on the organization of communications in contingents of CSTO Troops (Collective Forces), which have been tested during joint operational and combat training activities. The document has now undergone internal national co-ordination and will be submitted for approval to the members of the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Council in November this year.
During the working session, Colonel Vitaly Kenyaykin, Head of the Department for Organisation of Communications and Automated Troop Control Systems at the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) Planning and Training Centre, made a presentation on the following topic "Perspective image of the CSTO communication system, immediate and future tasks for its formation".
Particular attention was paid to the information provided by the representative of the Russian Federation on the experience of using radio and satellite communications in armed conflicts.
A representative of the Republic of Belarus presented a report on practical ways of implementing possible areas for the development of means of communication in the interests of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) proposed at the International Military and Scientific Conference in Minsk.
The representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan spoke about the experience of organizing communications and data transmission during the joint training "Interaction-2022" with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces. In the course of the discussion of this issue, it was decided to plan the study of issues related to the organization of radio networks for cooperation in contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) with the participation of radio reconnaissance and electronic warfare forces and means within the framework of the trainings conducted in the CSTO format.
Representatives of the defense agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan made presentations on improving the technical basis for intergovernmental information interaction.
The participants in the working session also heard a report by a representative of the Marshal of the Soviet Union S.M. Budyonny Military Academy of Communications on the possibility of developing unified standards, protocols and interfaces necessary for the development of advanced means of communication planned for use in contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces).
