On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
A joint meeting of the CSTO CFM, the CMD and the CSSC was held in Astana
28.11.2024
On 28 November 2024, in Astana, a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The event was attended by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov.
The meeting participants have exchanged views on the politico-military situation in the regions of collective security, discussed the results of cooperation and prospects for the further development of the collective security system.
Special attention was paid to preparations for the joint celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
A number of documents to be submitted for consideration by the CSTO Collective Security Council were approved, and decisions aimed at further strengthening allied ties, enhancing foreign policy coordination and developing the Collective Forces were adopted.
