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 Imangali Tasmagambetov met with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
11.09.2024On September 11, 2024, in Bishkek, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov.
The parties had a thorough exchange of views on the politico-military situation in the CSTO area of responsibility. They discussed the implementation of the priorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan chairing the Organization, as well as issues related to the forthcoming chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side in 2025.
The Secretary General of the Organization informed the Head of State about the active phase of the CSTO command-staff training “Interaction-2024” with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF), the “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” special trainings that had been completed on the territory of the Republic. He noted the high level of organization of the events.
Imangali Tasmagambetov also informed about the implementation of the decisions of the Collective Security Council, including the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border approved at the spring session.
The importance of consistently strengthening cooperation in all aspects of the CSTO's competence and of building up its military and political potential in the context of growing international tension was recognized.
