On December 4, at the invitation of the Iranian side, a delegation from the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, led by Chief of the Joint Staff Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, took part in the final stage of joint anti-terrorism trainings conducted by the competent authorities of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization “Sahand-Anti-Terror 2025” in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the “BRICS+ 2025 Anti-Terrorism Conference: National and Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategies in the Context of Emerging Challenges and Security Threats”, held in Moscow.
A delegation from the CSTO Secretariat, led by the Deputy Secretary General Taalatbek Masadikov, took part from 1 to 5 December in the VIII Coordination Meeting of High-Level Representatives of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross (hereinafter referred to as the Coordination Meeting) at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva.
A session of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held in Bishkek
27.11.2025
On November 27, in Bishkek, a session of the Collective Security Council (CSC) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held, chaired by the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov briefed the CSC members on current international and regional security issues and the main results of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's activities during the intersessional period. The Secretary General presented a report on the Organization's activities over the past three years. The members of the Collective Security Council expressed their sincere gratitude to Imangali Tasmagambetov for his significant contribution to strengthening the Organization and his fruitful work as Secretary General. The heads of state highly appreciated the implementation of the priorities of the Kyrgyz Republic's chairmanship of the CSTO during the past period.
The Agenda focused on reviewing a package of strategic documents that shape the collective security architecture for the near future. These include:
Anti-drug strategy of CSTO member states for 2026-2030;
Plan for the development of military cooperation among the CSTO member states for 2026-2030.
In order to strengthen the analytical capacity of the Organization, the Collective Security Council decided to establish an Information and Analytical Department within the CSTO Secretariat. The new unit is tasked with comprehensively monitoring and forecasting the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility.
One of the outcomes of the session was the adoption of the CSTO Collective Security Council Declaration. This fundamental document reflects the consolidated positions of member states on pressing issues of regional and global security, and outlines ways to further strengthen and develop the Organization.
By decision of the Collective Security Council, the chairmanship of the Organization will pass to the Russian Federation in 2026.
During the session, the priorities of Russia's upcoming chairmanship of the CSTO in 2026 were announced. The Russian side highlighted key areas such as developing the organization's information and analytical activities, strengthening the fight against terrorism and other challenges and threats, strengthening collective security forces, and combating drug trafficking, including through the anti-drug operation “Channel.” The Russian side proposed the motto for the upcoming chairmanship: “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal – shared responsibility.”
The Collective Security Council appointed Taalatbek Masadikov to the position of the CSTO Secretary General for a three-year term, from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028.
