From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
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.
The CSTO Secretary General had a meeting with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan
17.02.2021
The implementation of the priorities of the Tajik side in the field of countering modern challenges and threats during the presidency in the Organization in 2021 was discussed
On February 17, this year, in Dushanbe, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan Nasrullo Mahmudzoda.
N. Mahmudzoda and S. Zas have discussed the holding of a meeting of the CSTO CSSC in the Republic of Tajikistan in the spring of this year, as well as the implementation of the priorities of the Tajik side in the field of countering modern challenges and threats during the presidency of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Organization in 2021. This is a continuation of the implementation of the List of additional measures aimed at reducing tensions in the Tajik-Afghan border area, fighting terrorism and drug trafficking, and countering illegal migration.
“At present, work is underway to prepare and agree on the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border. We also attach great importance to the holding of a special training planned in the Republic of Tajikistan this year with the command and control bodies and formations of special forces from the CSTO CRRF “Cobalt-2021”, in the course of which it is planned to work out the fight against illegal armed groups,” Stanislav Zas said.
The parties discussed the conduct of the international anti-drug regional permanent operation "Channel", the headquarters of which at the first stage in 2021 is planned to be deployed in Dushanbe. The main goal of the operation is to block the drug supply channel from Afghanistan through the so-called the Northern Route. In April of this year, in the Republic of Tajikistan, it is also planned to hold a Coordination Meeting of the chief narcologists of the CSTO member states.
_________________________________________________________
The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7-495-795-27-10
+7-495-621-33-23-tel/fax
