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.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
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.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with leading Russian experts in the field of international politics
On October 16, 2025, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations at MGIMO University Andrei Sushencov, and Deputy Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Faculty of World Economy and World Politics at the Higher School of Economics Dmitry Suslov.
The event was the latest in a series of meetings between the CSTO Secretary General and representatives of the expert community of the Organization's member states. Its central theme was the role of the United States in contemporary international affairs, including Washington's geopolitical strategy toward the EU and China, as well as the prospects for Russian-American relations.
The interlocutors exchanged views on a wide range of topical military and political issues and touched upon the issue of Eurasian security.
