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.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
Dushanbe will host the XXI meeting of the CSTO Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation
24.04.2023
A meeting of the Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held in the capital of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, on April 27, 2023. The event will be chaired by Denis Manturov, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation.
Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, will take part in the ICMEC meeting.
The draft Agenda provides for consideration of the implementation of the decisions of the XX meeting of the ICMEC held in October 2022 in Moscow, as well as the results of implementation of the decisions of the statutory bodies of the Organization.
In particular, it is planned to discuss the content of further measures on standardization of weapons and military equipment within the CSTO and the development of multilateral cooperation between enterprises and organizations of the defense industry (military-industrial) complexes of the Organization's member states.
On the eve of the beginning of the ICMEC work the meetings of the Coordinating Council for Standardization of Armaments and Military Equipment under the CSTO ICMEC, as well as the meetings of the Coordinating Council under the CSTO ICMEC on issues of mutual protection of rights to the results of intellectual activity, obtained and used during the military and economic cooperation within the CSTO to review and coordinate documents in this part of the work, will be held.
The CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation was established by the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council of June 23, 2005.
The Commission's tasks include formulating recommendations and adopting decisions within its competence to ensure multilateral military-economic (technical) cooperation in priority areas of cooperation within the CSTO format. These include the development and implementation of long-term programs for military-economic cooperation; development of cooperation in the production of military products; creation of joint ventures for the development, production, modernization, repair and disposal of military products; and joint research and development work on the development and modernization of military products, among others.
