On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
The CSTO Permanent Council held its first meeting in 2024
10.01.2024
A meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council was held on 10 January 2024. Taking into account the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Organization from 1 January this year, in accordance with the principle of rotation the Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the CSTO, Marat Syzdykov, was elected Chairman of the Permanent Council.
In the course of the meeting a number of documents were considered, including the draft Action Plan for the implementation of decisions of the November (2023) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the fulfilment of the priority areas of the Organization’s activities during the presidency of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
