From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
The XI meeting of the Council of the CSTO Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response was held
29.06.2021On June 29, 2021, the CSTO Secretariat in Moscow hosted the XI meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC), which was attended by delegations from national authorized bodies on computer incident response of the CSTO member States.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov opened the meeting and addressed meeting participants. He noted the need to increase efforts to ensure cybersecurity and improve cooperation between the CSTO member States in this regard.
The CSTO CCC Council was renewed and the Chairman of the CSTO CCC Council was re-elected for a three-year term.
The report of the newly elected Chairman of the Council on the CSTO CCC activities in 2020 noted an increase in the volume and quality of joint measures taken to respond to computer incidents as an important component of ensuring the security of the information space of the CSTO member States.
In the course of the meeting, members of the CSTO CCC Council discussed topical issues related to the results of the past command and post training on computer security of the CSTO CCC contact points and the planned technical training on computer security. They shared their positive experience in protecting national critical information infrastructure facilities from cyber threats, information on computer incidents in the information space of CSTO member States, and information and analytical materials provided by the national contact points.
At the meeting, the CSTO Secretary General issued an order on rewarding the most distinguished employees of authorized competent bodies of the CSTO member States on the results of the CSTO CCC coordinated activities on the response to computer incidents.
