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.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and Coordinator of the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat Elena Kupchina.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu.
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.
