85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
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.
