On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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.
Deputy head of the department for countering challenges and threats of the CSTO Secretariat Sergey Gonchar took part in the regional round table “Objectives of United Nations Security Council resolutions in the field of counter-terrorism”
09.02.2026Via videoconference, on 9 February 2026 Deputy head of the department for countering challenges and threats of the CSTO Secretariat Sergey Gonchar took part in the regional round table “Objectives of United Nations Security Council resolutions in the field of counter-terrorism: best practices in the implementation of sanctions regimes in accordance with resolutions 1267 (1999)[1], 1989 (2011)[2], 2253 (2015)[3] and 1988 (2011)[4]», organized by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre, the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, with the assistance of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
Within the session on regional cooperation, a representative of the CSTO Secretariat delivered a presentation entitled “Strengthening regional cooperation among CSTO member states in countering security challenges and threats.”
[1] Sanctions against the Taliban movement.
[2] Sanctions against Al-Qaida.
[3] Sanctions against Al-Qaida as well as the Islamic State in Iraq (ISIL/Da’esh).
[4] Introduction of separate sanctions regimes against Al-Qaida and the Taliban.
