On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
An offsite meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in Dushanbe on October 28
24.10.2019On October 28-29, 2019 in Dushanbe, an offsite meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan (WGA) under the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs with the participation of national coordinators for Afghanistan will be held.
Representatives of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure and the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia are also invited to the meeting of the Working Group..
The meeting is expected to discuss issues related to the military-political situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, measures taken by the CSTO to minimize security threats of the Organization's member states emanating from the territory of this country, as well as approve a plan for further work of the Group.
In addition, on October 28, the participation of the Head of the WGA, the National Coordinator of the Kyrgyz Republic for Afghanistan, Sagyn Ibraev, is planned in the Coordination Meeting of the Chairmen of the Committees (Commissions) for Defense and Security of the Parliaments of the CSTO Member States.
