28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov held talks with representatives of the leadership of the Republic of Kazakhstan
10.10.2023
On 10 October 2023, in Astana, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov, and the Assistant to the President - Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Gizat Nurdauletov. During the meetings, the sides discussed preparations for the upcoming meetings of the Organization's statutory bodies - a session of the Collective Security Council and a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils.
Imangali Tasmagambetov has informed the interlocutors about the progress of coordination of draft documents planned to be submitted for consideration during these events, including the issue of improving the crisis response system of the Organization.
They also discussed topical issues of the CSTO's activities, including those related to the forthcoming transition of the presidency of the Organization to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
