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.
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.
A meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held
23.11.2023
A meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held in Minsk on 23 November.
The heads of states have discussed in detail current problems of international and regional security and the main results of the activities of the CSTO during the inter-sessional period.
It was decided to transfer the Chairmanship of the Organization from the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kazakhstan from 1 January 2024. Kasym-Jomart Tokayev presented the priority areas of activity during the period of Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the CSTO.
Decisions were taken on important issues of the CSTO activities, including a package of documents on crisis management.
The activities of the Belarusian side as Chairman of the Organization were highly appreciated.
Colonel-General Serdyukov Andrei Nikolayevich was confirmed as the Chairman of the CSTO Joint Staff.
The next meeting of the CSTO Joint Staff will be held in Astana in the fourth quarter of 2024.
