In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, reconnaissance groups have begun practicing practical actions in designated areas as part of the CSTO special exercise with reconnaissance forces and assets “Search-2026”.
The CSTO Council of Ministers at a meeting in Bishkek on May 22 will discuss problems of international and regional security in the current conditions and the List of additional measures aimed at reducing tensions in the Tajik-Afghan border area
16.05.2019On May 22, 2019, a meeting of the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in Bishkek under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Chingiz Aydarbekov. The meeting will be attended by the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
The meeting will be held in a narrow and extended composition. In the first part the ministers will exchange views on topical issues of international and regional security, discuss the activities of the Organization in the current environment.
During the plenary session it is planned to review and sign a number of documents that affect various areas of the CSTO activities, including the List of Joint Statements in 2019 as well as a number of political joint statements.
It is expected that the draft decisions of the CSTO Collective Security Council “About the Collective Action Plan of the CSTO member states on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy for 2019-2021”, “About the List of additional measures aimed at reducing tensions in the Tajik-Afghan border area” will be approved. Also the following decisions of the CSTO Ministerial Council “About the Plan for Consultation of Representatives of the CSTO Member States on Foreign Policy, Security and Defense Issues for the Second Half of 2019 — First Half of 2020” and “About the Regulations and Informational interaction of the CSTO Crisis Response Center ”and other documents were adopted.
In total the draft agenda of the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs includes 8 questions relating to almost all areas of the Organization.
The Collective Security Treaty (CST) was signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent. On May 14, 2002, the Collective Security Council at a session in Moscow decided to transform the mechanisms and cooperation structures of the CST member states into an international regional organization - the “Collective Security Treaty Organization”, giving it an appropriate status. September 18, 2003. The CSTO Charter entered into force. The Collective Security Treaty Organization includes: the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan.
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