On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
The Head of the CSTO Joint Staff met with the leadership of ministries and departments of Tajikistan, the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tajikistan in connection with the situation in the Tajik-Afghan border zone
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On July 7, this year, Dushanbe hosted working meetings between the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff and the leadership of ministries and departments of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tajikistan.
Colonel General Sherali Mirzo, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, briefed the task force, headed by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, on the current military-political and military-strategic situation in the region, caused by the escalation of armed confrontation in the territory of Afghanistan and in the Tajik-Afghan border zone.
They discussed the measures being taken and planned to be taken to neutralize risks, challenges and threats to collective security. The questions of increasing the intensity of joint operational and combat training of the defense departments of the CSTO member States and the provision of military and military-technical assistance were considered.
Colonel General Rajabali Rakhmonali, Commander of the Border Troops of the State Committee on National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan, discussed the departure of citizens, including soldiers with weapons and military equipment, of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Humanitarian response capabilities were discussed at a working meeting between the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff and Lieutenant General Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan. A set of measures to prepare in advance for the rapid deployment of the assets of the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan was considered.
The situation on the Tajik-Afghan border was discussed with the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tajikistan, Igor Lyakin-Frolov. The high level of responsibility of the officials of the Republic of Tajikistan regarding the readiness of the border troops, armed forces, ministries and departments of the Republic of Tajikistan to respond in case of further deterioration of the situation was noted. Possibilities of using the potential of the CSTO member States were also discussed.
The main objectives of the task force headed by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, are monitoring and analysis of the situation in the Tajik-Afghan border zone and preparation of proposals for joint measures within the CSTO format.
