On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khairulloyev met with Boris Michel, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Regional Delegation to Russia and the Republic of Belarus.
16.08.2023
A working meeting between the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khairulloyev and the Head of the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, Boris Michel, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, on August 16.
The working meeting was also attended by members of the CSTO Secretariat and representatives of the ICRC Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.
The sides exchanged views on the humanitarian situation in various regions amid growing international tension, on the participation of ICRC representatives in joint CSTO trainings, and on preparations for the VII Coordination Meeting of senior representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The meeting participants noted the positive results of the joint work with the ICRC Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus in the current year and identified the main areas for further cooperation.
One of the important results of the meeting was the confirmation of mutual interest in carrying out joint work to develop cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the ICRC in key areas of international humanitarian law.
