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.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and Coordinator of the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat Elena Kupchina.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu.
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.
