Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026”.
On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
First consultations of representatives of legal services of foreign ministries of the CSTO member States on legal aspects of the Organization's activities were held
06.09.2022
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas addressed the participants of the event, noting the symbolism of holding consultations in the year of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the CSTO. Stanislav Zas stressed that during these years member States established an extensive legal basis for cooperation in all spheres of the Organization's activities, which was based on 60 international agreements, 335 decisions of the Collective Security Council and almost 1.5 thousand legal acts of other CSTO bodies.
In the course of the event, a number of topical international legal issues were considered in order to improve the legal framework for cooperation within the CSTO format. As a result of the consultations, it was recommended to continue the Secretariat's work on the digitalization of the legal and contractual framework for cooperation, as well as to prepare proposals to update the methodological recommendations for drafting international treaties concluded within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
