On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
A meeting took place between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
02.02.2026
On 2 February 2026, a meeting took place in Moscow between the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Talatbek Masadykov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov.
A substantive exchange of views was held on issues related to the consolidation and development of the CSTO, as well as on enhancing the effectiveness of the Organization’s activities. The parties discussed key issues concerning the implementation of the priorities of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship in 2026, as outlined by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, during the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council held in Bishkek in November 2025.
Particular attention was paid to increasing the role of the Organization in shaping an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Greater Eurasia, as well as to deepening dialogue and practical cooperation with interested states of the region and international organizations.
