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.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General had a meeting with the Director of the ICRC Directorate for Operational Activities in Europe and Central Asia
17.08.2022The CSTO Deputy Secretary General had a meeting with the Director of the ICRC Directorate for Operational Activities in Europe and Central Asia
17 августа 2022 года в Секретариате Организации Договора о коллективной безопасности состоялась рабочая встреча заместителя Генерального секретаря ОДКБ Самата Ордабаева с директором управления Международного Комитета Красного Креста по оперативной деятельности в Европе и Центральной Азии Ариан Бауэр.
The working meeting was also attended by the CSTO Secretariat members and representatives of the ICRC Regional Delegation to the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.
In the course of the working meeting there was an exchange of views on the humanitarian situation in the CSTO areas of responsibility and border areas in a situation of growing international tension.
The meeting participants noted the positive results of joint work this year and identified key areas for further interaction, and also discussed the procedure for the CSTO member States to agree on the participation of ICRC representatives in the command and staff trainings with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2022" and with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022".
One of the important results of the meeting was the confirmation of mutual interest in working together to develop cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the ICRC on key areas of international humanitarian law.
