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.
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.
