On 20 December, a joint training session was held between the duty shifts of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the command posts of the defense and emergency ministries of the Organization's member states.
On 10 and 11 December, the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted videoconference consultations of representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states on the organization of joint training activities in 2026 for the CSTO collective security system's command and control bodies and formations.
On December 11, 2024, Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General and Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General for Peacekeeping, held a meeting with the delegation of the Monitoring Group (MG) of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees 1267/1989/2253 on ISIS and “Al-Qaeda” and 1988 on the Taliban Movement.
On December 11, 2024, the 40th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. Ordabayev and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General T. Masadykov. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization's member states and representatives of the UNOCT, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the SCO RATS, and the ICRC.
The second staff talks on preparations for the CSTO international tactical and special trainings “Cobalt-2024” were held
24.05.2024
In Novosibirsk, staff talks were held with participants from the ministries and departments concerned of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the CSTO Secretariat. Within the framework of these talks they have discussed preparations for the special trainings “Cobalt-2024” with the management bodies and formations of the special-purpose forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Collective Rapid Reaction Forces.
The meeting participants have reviewed and agreed on the idea of the trainings and the organization of comprehensive support. During the meeting, a reconnaissance of the training areas and the deployment of the leadership and operational headquarters was carried out.
Following the staff talks, the participants reached an agreement on holding the special training “Cobalt-2024” in the second half of 2024.
The heads of delegations of the CSTO member states participating in the second staff talks highly appreciated the preparation and conduct of the event.
