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 ХХ meeting of the Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation
19.10.2022
The event was held in Moscow as part of the business program of the International Exhibition of Means of State Security "INTERPOLITECH-2022”.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the meeting.
The meeting participants considered the results of the activities of the Commission to implement the decisions of the ХIХ meeting of the ICMEC, held in September last year in Minsk, as well as the results of the current decisions of the Organization, including the CSTO Collective Security Council, on the development of military-economic cooperation between the member states of the Organization.
As a result of the exchange of views by members of the Commission, a number of important decisions were taken on the further development of military and economic cooperation within the CSTO format.
In particular, the draft Agreement on the Standardization of Armaments and Military Equipment within the CSTO was finalized and agreed upon, taking into account the comments and proposals made by the Organization's member states in the course of its internal negotiation.
The Commission has reviewed and approved a set of draft methodological documents on the creation of an interstate system for cataloguing supplies for the armed forces of CSTO member states. Their subsequent approval by decision of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers will make it possible for participants in military and economic cooperation to use these documents in the process of developing and maintaining the interstate catalog of supplies for the armed forces of CSTO member states.
The Commission has approved the List of international exhibitions to be held in 2023 - 2024, which can be the exposition of military, dual and special purpose products and technologies of the CSTO member states.
In addition, the Commission approved its Work Plan for 2023.
It was decided to hold the next XXI meeting of the ICMEC in April 2023 in the Republic of Tajikistan.
