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.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
The CSTO Secretary General had a meeting with Yevgeny Sysoyev, Head of the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center
On December 26, 2022, the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted a meeting between the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and the Head of the Anti-Terrorist Center of the Commonwealth of Independent States Yevgeny Sysoyev.
S. Zas and Y. Sysoyev have summarized the results of cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the CIS ATC in countering terrorist threats in 2022 and plans for cooperation in 2023. They also discussed the participation of representatives of both structures in joint trainings of special law enforcement units and special services, conducted both through the CIS ATC and within the CSTO.
The head of the CIS ATC presented the CSTO Secretary General with a medal "For Merits in the Fight Against Terrorism”.
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