On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
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.