From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
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.
