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.
Regular meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council was held
13.07.2021The meeting continued work on draft documents that are under negotiation in the framework of the CSTO Permanent Council.
The Permanent Council members heard information from the Organization's Secretariat on the status of CSTO peacekeeping activities.
In the course of the Permanent Council meeting, the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the CSTO Victor Biyagov informed about the situation in a number of regions bordering with the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Syunik and Gegharkunik regions of the Republic of Armenia, which has developed: "due to the infiltration of the units of the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan into the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia".
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