At the Losvido training range in the Republic of Belarus, peacekeeping units practiced tactical procedures at a stationary checkpoint as part of the process of coordinating units and practicing joint actions during the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026”.
Today, at the Starodorozhsky training range in the Republic of Belarus, servicemen of the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation began practical operations as part of the “Barrier-2026” special exercise.
Today, at the Losvido training range in Belarus, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces Commander was presented with a mandate to conduct a peacekeeping operation at the command post as part of the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” command-and-staff exercise.
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”.
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.
