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.
Joint training with the CRRF CSTO "Interaction-2019" will be held on the territory of the Russian Federation from 16 to 18 October
14.10.2019
In accordance with the Plan for joint training of control bodies command, and force and means generation of the CSTO collective security system for 2019, from 16 to 18 October , this year, it is planned to conduct a joint training with the Collective Rapid Response Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CRRF CSTO) "Interaction-2019" on the theme: "Preparation and conduct of a joint operation to localize the border armed conflict in the East European collective security region."
The joint training is held as a part of the operational-strategic training “Combat Brotherhood-2019” with participation of units and subunits of military contingents and special forces from the CRRF CSTO, as well as operational groups of defense establishments and representatives of the border services of the CSTO member states.
At the upcoming "Interaction-2019" training, it is planned to work out the issues of preparing a joint operation and managing contingents of the CRRF CSTO in conducting practical actions to localize the border armed conflict in the East European collective security region. In addition, it is envisaged that military contingents and formations of special forces will train battle tasks in intelligence with the combined use of various ground and air-based means, strengthen state border defense troops, conduct a special operation to block the border section of the CSTO member state, defeat and liquidate illegal armed groups.
The Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski, representatives of the Secretariat and military men of the CSTO Joint Staff are planning to participate in the training.
Considering past practice of conducting training in the CSTO format for the final stage of the joint training “Interaction-2019” of October 18, this year, representatives of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia, as well as military attachés accredited in the Russian Federation are invited as observers.
Taking into account the open appeal of the CSTO member states Foreign Ministers in May 2019 to the NATO member states Foreign Ministers with a proposal to establish constructive interaction, the Russian Federation (in agreement with the Organization member states) sent appropriate invitations to the international Alliance secretariat and all military attaches of NATO member states.
The training is planned to be held at the 333th training ground of the Combat Training Center of the Western Military District of the RF Armed Forces, Mulino settlement, Nizhny Novgorod Region, under the leadership of Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlev, the military commander of the Western Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The opening ceremony of the training will take place on October 16. Prior to the start of the joint training, in order to coordinate the CSTO CRRF Command in conditions of aggravation of the situation in the East European region of collective security and in the preparation of a joint operation to localize the border armed conflict, a command field training is planned.
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