A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov
17.04.2026
On 15 April 2026, a meeting was held in Bishkek between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov.
The parties held a detailed discussion on current issues of international policy in the context of strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility, emphasized the critical importance of establishing peace in the Middle East, and expressed hope for the successful course of negotiations between the delegations of Iran and the United States. The importance of Afghanistan’s development as a peaceful and stable state was noted, as well as the commitment of the official authorities in Kabul to counter existing challenges and threats on the country’s territory. In this regard, Talatbek Masadykov informed about the progress in implementing the CSTO Targeted Inter-State Program for strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border.
The CSTO Secretary General also spoke about the progress in implementing the Action Plan for the execution of decisions adopted at the November (2025) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the Organization’s priority areas of activity during Russia’s chairmanship, including preparations for upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies and for the series of large-scale joint exercises scheduled for the second half of the year.
Talatbek Masadykov also informed about the intensification of the CSTO’s analytical activities, including the International Scientific and Practical Conference entitled “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” scheduled to be held on 27 April in Moscow with the participation of leading experts from the Organization’s member states.
Sadyr Japarov put forward a number of proposals aimed at improving joint work and reaffirmed the readiness of the Kyrgyz side to comprehensively strengthen cooperation within the CSTO framework.
