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.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
A meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
10.04.2026
On 10 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
A substantive exchange of views was held on a wide range of issues of international policy and security. The interlocutors expressed hope for the settlement of the conflict in the Middle East by diplomatic means, as well as of other armed conflicts affecting the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility.
The parties held a detailed discussion on the situation in Afghanistan. The issue of strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border and the relevant Targeted Inter-State Program being implemented by the CSTO was considered. The sides noted the extremely important significance of the Program for all Central Asian countries and the CSTO member states.
The interlocutors emphasized the importance of further elaborating the issue of establishing a Humanitarian Response Center for the Central Asian region in the Republic of Tajikistan.
The CSTO Secretary General expressed gratitude to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan for the active support of CSTO initiatives and conveyed appreciation to the leadership of the country’s security agencies for comprehensive assistance in preparing and conducting joint exercises, also noting the high level of combat training of Tajik servicemen.
Talatbek Masadykov informed 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, the Organization’s priority areas of activity during Russia’s chairmanship, and the series of large-scale joint exercises scheduled for the second half of the year, including “Indestructible Brotherhood”, “Interaction”, “Rubezh”, special exercises “Cobalt” and “Skala”, as well as joint operations “Kanal”, “Mercenary” and “Illegal”.
Among the key areas of joint work, the Secretary General highlighted preparations for upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies — the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils.
