During the “Conduct of combat operations” stage, two main training objectives are being practiced: the occupation by the national contingents of the CRDF CAR of the area of responsibility and the destruction of illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
A meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Almaty
21.06.2024
On June 21, 2024, in Almaty, a meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held under the chairmanship of the Kazakh side. The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov made a report on the state of the international and regional situation and its impact on the security of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The meeting participants held a detailed discussion of a wide range of international issues with a focus on the problem of ensuring peace and stability in the CSTO collective security regions.
Based on the results of the meeting, the draft decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council "On the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border", previously approved by the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils, was agreed upon.
A number of statements were also adopted:
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on topical issues of the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes;
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in connection with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa;
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on expanding cooperation in the field of international information security.
