On September 4, 2026, consultations on “Coordinating the positions of CSTO member states on the agenda of the UN General Assembly” were held in Moscow in accordance with the Plan of Consultations of Representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Member States on Foreign Policy, Security and Defense for 2025–2027.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Today, a briefing was held by Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, on the topic “On the readiness of command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system forces and assets to conduct joint exercises.”
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov holds a working meeting with Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Mukambetov
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.
