On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat, headed by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, is taking part in the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”, being held in Minsk from June 17 to 19, 2026.
Regular meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Warfare under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers held in Saint Petersburg
Participants of the joint training “Rubezh-2024” are heading to the Republic of Tajikistan
11.10.2024
From 11 to 14 October, formations participating in the joint training “Rubezh-2024” with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region are regrouping in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Contingents of CSTO troops (Collective Forces) are being sent from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation to the training area in accordance with the plan.
One of the priorities for military cooperation identified by Kazakhstan, which is chairing the CSTO this year, is to improve issues related to ensuring the operational deployment of the troops (Collective Forces), including the unimpeded transit of contingents.
In Tajikistan, a joint training with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region “Rubezh-2024” is being held at the “Harbmaydon” training range, during which the issues of preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state will be practiced.
Particular attention will be paid to the issues of organization of air defense cover for the units of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region at the stage of regrouping, operational deployment, as well as interaction of the Command with the air defense forces and assets of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan and the 201st military base of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the preparation and conduct of combat operations.
Formed in 2001 on the basis of the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region comprises units and subunits of the armed forces on permanent readiness, equipped with modern weapon systems and military equipment.
The main tasks of the Collective Forces are to participate in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counter-terrorist operations.
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