On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
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.
