From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Today, the final stages of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026” took place at the Losvido and Starodorozhsky training ranges in the Republic of Belarus.
On October 15–16, a CSTO, CIS and SCO conference on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan was held in Moscow as part of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship programme.
At the Losvido training range in the Republic of Belarus, peacekeeping units repelled a simulated enemy attack on a humanitarian convoy during the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026”.
These days, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, is being held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
A joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers, and the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils was held in Bishkek
On November 27, in Bishkek, a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), the Council of Defense Ministers (CDM), and the Committee of Security Council Secretaries (CSSC) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held, chaired by the Kyrgyz side. The event was attended by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and the CSTO Joint Staff Chief Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov.
During the event, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov briefed participants on the military-political situation in the Organization's area of responsibility and on the Secretariat's activities during the intersessional period.
The meeting participants have discussed topical issues of joint work, including the implementation of the Anti-Drug Strategy, strengthening cooperation in the field of military cooperation, and developing the analytical capacity of the Organization.
Following the meeting, an agenda was proposed for the upcoming session of the CSTO Collective Security Council.