On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
The 13th meeting of the CSTO Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations was held
19.08.2022The 13th meeting of the CSTO Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations was held
On August 18, in Moscow, the thirteenth meeting of the Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member States with the heads of emergency services of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan was held, chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Management.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov addressed the meeting. He informed about the tasks in the line of emergency for 2023, as well as about the work done in the Organization on the establishment of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on biological security.
The meeting participants heard and approved information on the implementation of the Plan of cooperation of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States in the field of prevention and liquidation of the consequences of emergencies in 2020, and approved the relevant Plan for 2023.
The parties have approved the candidacy of Vadim Sinyavsky, Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, as the next chairman in the Coordination Council for Emergency Situations of the CSTO member States.
It was decided to hold, respectively, in the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan, trainings "Skala-2023" and "Skala-2024".
The agreements reached during the meeting were reflected and signed in the final protocol.
At the invitation of the Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Management Alexander Kurenkov members of the CSTO Emergency Coordination Council took part in the International Salon "Integrated Security - 2023".
Today, Ministers of Emergency Situations of the CSTO member States will take part in the business program of the III International Fire and Rescue Congress.
