On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
The CSTO Collective Security Council will discuss current issues of international and regional security and the main results of the Organization's activity during the intersessional period on November 23 in Yerevan
18.11.2022
On November 23 this year, in Yerevan, a session of the Collective Security Council (CSC) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, will be held.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon are expected to participate in the event. The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas will participate in the meeting.
The CSC members will discuss current international and regional security issues and the main results of the activity of the Collective Security Treaty Organization during the intersessional period. One of the most important issues will be the improvement of the CSTO crisis response system and discussion of joint measures to assist the Republic of Armenia.
The Declaration of the Collective Security Council is expected to be adopted during the CSC session.
With the Republic of Belarus taking over the presidency of the CSTO in 2022-2023, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will present the country's priorities to be implemented next year.
The agenda of the CSC meeting includes a number of documents to be signed, which relate to equipping the Peacekeeping Forces with modern weapons, military and special equipment, joint formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection and medical support of the CSTO, as well as giving the complex of operational and preventive measures "Mercenary" the status of a regional anti-terrorist operation. The CSTO budget for 2023 will be reviewed.
The Collective Security Council will consider the issue of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in connection with the upcoming rotation on January 1, 2023.
Prior to the start of the CSC, a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils will be held, during which the military and political situation in the CSTO collective security regions and the agenda of the upcoming session of the CSC will be discussed.
A number of important political statements are planned to be adopted during the meeting of the CFM, the CMD and the CSSC, including a statement by the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states on strengthening the international and regional security architecture and arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, as well as a statement by the secretaries of security council’s condemning attempts to glorify Nazism, neo-Nazism, extremism, chauvinism and all forms of xenophobia. There are plans to adopt a decision by the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils on the composition of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on biological security issues.
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