On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO 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.
