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.
Participants in the CSTO trainings “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and “Barrier-2025” are heading to the Republic of Tajikistan
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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.”
