From 21 to 25 April this year, the CSTO Secretariat is holding an annual training course for representatives of the CSTO member states without military status.
The meeting was held in the city of Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff under the chairmanship of Viktor Zinoviev, Secretary of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation (ICMEC, Commission).
From April 7 to 10, 2025 on the basis of the Park-Hotel “Ognikovo” of Istrinsky district of Moscow region, the XXII International seminar-meeting on complex martial arts with the heads of combat and physical training of power ministries and departments of the CSTO member states took place.
On April 11, 2025, in Dushanbe, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Tajik Defense Minister Emomali Sobirzoda, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan Rahmon Yusuf Ahmadzoda and the First Deputy Chairman - Commander of Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan Murodali Rajab Rajabzoda.
A regular Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in Astana
02.08.2024
On August 1, 2024, within the framework of the presidency of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the CSTO, a regular Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the Organization's member states was held in Astana.
The meeting participants have discussed current trends in the development of the drug situation in the CSTO area of responsibility and its individual member states, and exchanged statistical information on the prevalence of drug-related morbidity and mortality.
They learned about national approaches in CSTO member states to the organization of prevention - primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, as well as medication support for remission in opioid dependence.
They made sure that preventive activities required from doctors providing drug treatment to the population a broad interdepartmental cooperation with law enforcement agencies, education, and international organizations.
They have discussed cooperation between drug treatment facilities and educational organizations in order to identify and prevent the social and psychological disadvantage that can result from the use of drugs by children and adolescents.
The meeting participants were informed about the adoption of the CSTO model law “On Prevention of Non-Medical Drug Use”, discussed proposals for its implementation and expressed readiness to implement its provisions in their activities.
They stated that all the CSTO member states had implemented the provisions of international and national legislation on countering and preventing illicit drug use.
The event participants also visited the Mental Health Center of Astana (rehabilitation and drug treatment units), familiarized with the structure and activities of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its branch in Pavlodar.
The meeting participants highly appreciated the level of organization of drug treatment in the Republic of Kazakhstan, its comprehensive nature and preventive orientation, as well as the high level of interaction between psychiatrists, narcologists and other organizations and agencies for the purpose of public health and prevention of non-medical drug use.
