On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, gave a briefing
16.11.2023
On 16 November, at 11:00 a.m. (Moscow time), the International Multimedia Press Centre of the “Rossiya Segodnya” International Media Group hosted a briefing by Colonel-General Anatoly Alekseevich Sidorov, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, in the format of a videoconferencing between Moscow and Yerevan - Minsk - Astana - Bishkek on the main results of the “Combat Brotherhood-2023” joint operational-strategic training.
As part of this large-scale training in September-October 2023 in the Eastern European and Central Asian regions, a set of measures to prevent and resolve a military conflict and post-conflict settlement was practiced with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces).
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff also spoke about the main results of the CSTO Joint Staff's activities to improve the military component of the Organization, including the development of the collective security system, the Crisis Response Centre, military-technical cooperation and coordination of personnel training for the armed forces of the CSTO member states.
