On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
The Republic of Belarus hosted a meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Defense Ministers Council to coordinate joint training of military personnel and scientific work
06.10.2023
On 4-6 October, the sixth meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Defense Ministers' Council on coordination of joint military training and scientific work was held in the Republic of Belarus at the “Yanka Kupala State University in Grodno”.
Under the general supervision of Major General Viktor Lisovsky, the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, the event was attended by the heads of the military education management bodies of defense departments of the CSTO member states, basic training and research organizations of the CSTO member states, representatives of the CSTO Joint Staff and invited guests.
To date, 12 military educational establishments of the CSTO member states have been given the status of the CSTO basic training and methodological organizations providing training in the following specialties: general military, air defense, missile forces and artillery, military air defense, communications, logistics, information security, electronic warfare, training of personnel of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces, mine clearance, medical and pharmaceutical specialties, as well as the training of personnel responsible for ensuring the national security and defense capacity of the member states of the Organization.
Seven relevant research organizations and military educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation have been given the status of basic research organizations of the CSTO, which carry out scientific-theoretical and scientific-practical study of issues related to the creation, improvement, training and use of forces and means of the CSTO collective security system in the field of research on air defense, missile defense, logistics, medical support, electronic warfare, military-technical cooperation of the Organization and problems of development, and problems of development and application of the aviation component of the CSTO.
Summing up the results of the event, Major General Viktor Lisovsky noted that the specialists managed to discuss topical issues of joint training of military personnel and scientific work in the CSTO system, develop proposals on how to enhance cooperation and outline ways to further improve the system of joint training of military personnel of the CSTO member states.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus
