On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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.
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.
