On 5 March 2026, a working meeting was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Yuri Seliverstov.
On 4 March, Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Adilet Orozbekov presented certificates of advanced training in the field of “Information Security of Automated Systems” to civil servants.
The Protocol amending the Agreement on Cooperation of the CSTO Member States in the Field of Transportation of Military and Other Formations, Their Movable Property, as well as Military Products, and the Protocol amending the Agreement on the Status of Formations of Forces and Means of the CSTO Collective Security System, signed during the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Astana on 28 November 2024, have entered into force.
The CSTO Secretariat has received with deep concern reports of the launch of massive strikes by the United States and Israel against the territory of Iran, accompanied, inter alia, by civilian casualties.
The CSTO Secretariat is closely monitoring developments on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. The Organization is interested in peace and stability in the region and proceeds from the understanding that the only viable solution is a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
The Republic of Belarus has discussed details of joint CSTO trainings
05.06.2025
On 3-5 June, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the joint trainings with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) “Interaction-2025”, special trainings with intelligence forces and means “Search-2025” and logistics “Echelon-2025” conducted as part of the joint operational-strategic training “Combat Brotherhood-2025”.
The staff talks were attended by representatives of the ministries and departments concerned from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Secretariat of the Organization and a group of officers led by Lieutenant General Khasan Kaloyev, First Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff.
In the course of the staff talks, the plans for the trainings, linked to the objectives of the joint strategic training of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation “West-2025”, the issues of the organization of leadership, the composition of the national contingents' command and control bodies and units to be trained, the order of practical operations, as well as the issues of the organization of comprehensive support, were clarified and agreed upon.
Reconnaissance of the areas for the trainings planned for September of this year at the “Losvido” and “Lepelsky” firing ranges was carried out.
The CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces are designed to respond promptly to challenges and threats to the security of CSTO member states. The CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces comprise mobile formations and military units of permanent readiness of the armed forces of the CSTO member states, staffed to full strength, equipped with modern and compatible weapons and military (special) equipment, as well as formations of special-purpose forces from among the special units of the internal affairs (police), security and special services bodies and the authorized bodies responsible for preventing and dealing with the consequences of emergency situations.
