A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
The 27th meeting of the Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States for Countering Illegal Migration was held
03.12.2024
On 3 December 2024, the 27th meeting of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering the Illegal Migration of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held by videoconferencing.
Delegations from the Ministries of Internal Affairs of the Republics of Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russia, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic, as well as the CSTO Secretariat took part in the Coordination Council meeting chaired by the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Alexander Gorovoy.
The meeting of the Coordination Council was opened by Igor Lepekha, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In his speech, he stressed that the Collective Security Treaty Organization played a key role in preserving stability and ensuring security in the region, which were achieved, among other things, thanks to the coordinated and fruitful work of the members of the Coordination Council.
Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, made a welcoming address to the meeting participants. He briefed the participants on the outcome of the CSTO Summit in Astana and emphasized the need to improve the effectiveness of work in countering illegal migration. At the same time, he made a number of proposals for consideration by the Coordination Council members.
During the meeting, the participants discussed the state of the migration situation in the CSTO member states, summarized the results of the CSTO regional operation “Illegal-2024” to counter illegal migration, and also outlined the main areas of joint activity in countering illegal migration for the coming period.
The participants in the Coordination Council meeting did not ignore the issue of improving the quality of the work of the competent bodies of the CSTO member States in combating illegal migration through the adaptation of national legislation to existing or foreseeable threats. The need to intensify the activities of individual CSTO member states in joining international agreements defining the procedure for the exchange of information as part of states' efforts to combat illegal migration was noted.
The meeting also discussed the results of the Coordination Council's activities in 2024 and heard reports from the heads of the competent authorities of the migration departments (agencies) of the CSTO member states on the work done this year.
After the reports of the responsible persons on the agenda items and substantive discussions, the final documents were signed by the meeting participants.
