A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas
23.12.2021
On December 23, this year, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, who is in Yerevan on a working visit, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the CSTO Ministerial Council, Ararat Mirzoyan.
In the course of the meeting, Ararat Mirzoyan stressed the importance of summing up the results of the draft "Action Plan for the implementation of the decisions of the September (2021) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the implementation of the organization's priority activities during the Armenian presidency" presented by Stanislav Zas. The CSTO Secretary General spoke in detail about the content of the draft Plan and said that the Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff would make all necessary efforts to implement the Plan in a timely manner.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia also presented the situation in the Armenia's eastern border zone and stressed the need for practical steps to increase the level of stability and security in accordance with the tripartite statement of November 26, 2021. He reiterated the importance of allied cooperation of the CSTO member States to ensure security and stability on a collective basis.
