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.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
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.
