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.
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.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and Armenian Defense Minister David Tonoyan met in Yerevan
27.02.2020
On February 27, 2020, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, who is in Armenia on a working visit, met with Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia David Tonoyan.
The Minister congratulated Mr. Zas on his appointment as Secretary General of the Organization. During the meeting the parties discussed issues of regional and international security, as well as the further development of the military component of the CSTO.
Particular attention was paid to the development of the CSTO crisis response system, increasing the potential of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces and the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces, improving the system of representatives of the Armed Forces of the Organization, measures for joint combat training, as well as the implementation of joint events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
