On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
Participants in the CSTO trainings “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and “Barrier-2025” are heading to the Republic of Tajikistan
14.10.2025
From October 14 to 19, units participating in joint trainings with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and the special training with the joint formation of NBC protection and medical support of the CSTO “Barrier-2025” are regrouping in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) are being sent from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Russian Federation to the training area in accordance with the plan. Personnel and cargo are being delivered by air and road transport.
The “Fakhrabad” training ground is hosting the joint training “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025,” which will focus on preparing and conducting a peacekeeping operation by the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces on the territory of a member state of the Organization. For the first time as part of the peacekeeping training, a special training is being held with the joint formation of NBC protection and medical support of the CSTO, “Barrier-2025,” during which issues related to the elimination of sources of biological threats will be worked out in the interests of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces.
The active phases of the CSTO trainings are being conducted in conjunction with the final stage of the joint anti-terrorism training of the competent authorities of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, “Commonwealth Anti-Terror 2025.”
