On August 31, 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and members of the Organization's Permanent Council held a retreat in Almaty
23.06.2024
On 22 June 2024, in Almaty, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov at a meeting with members of the Permanent Council of the Organization summarized the results of the past meetings of the Council of Ministers of Defense, the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers.
The importance of the documents adopted during the meetings, including the draft Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council "On the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border" and the statements of parliamentarians and foreign ministers from the point of view of ensuring collective security was stressed.
The parties' interest in finding mutually acceptable approaches was noted. were They have discussed measures to implement the decisions taken.
The participants of the meeting expressed gratitude to the Kazakh side for the high level of organization of events.
