On December 4, at the invitation of the Iranian side, a delegation from the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, led by Chief of the Joint Staff Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, took part in the final stage of joint anti-terrorism trainings conducted by the competent authorities of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization “Sahand-Anti-Terror 2025” in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the “BRICS+ 2025 Anti-Terrorism Conference: National and Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategies in the Context of Emerging Challenges and Security Threats”, held in Moscow.
A delegation from the CSTO Secretariat, led by the Deputy Secretary General Taalatbek Masadikov, took part from 1 to 5 December in the VIII Coordination Meeting of High-Level Representatives of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross (hereinafter referred to as the Coordination Meeting) at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva.
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.
