On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
A regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers was held in Bishkek
28.05.2025
On May 28, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers was held in Bishkek under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side. The event was attended by Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the Organization's Joint Staff.
The sides have discussed in detail the military and political situation in the CSTO area of responsibility and exchanged views on further development of the collective security system.
During the meeting, a number of documents were considered and approved concerning the planning of military cooperation between the CSTO member states for 2026-2030, the organization of joint training for the CSTO's command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of the collective security system, the improvement of issues related to the management of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) and a number of others.
The meeting participants noted the high level of organization of the parade dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, which was held on 9 May 2025 on Red Square in Moscow and in which military units of the CSTO member states took part.
