30.10.2026

On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).

23.10.2026

From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.

23.10.2026

An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.

23.10.2026

A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.


21.10.2026

An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).

The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff and the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia had a meeting in Yerevan

30.03.2022

On March 30, this year, Colonel General Anatoli Sidorov, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, who is in Yerevan in the framework of his working visit to the Armenian capital, and the Defense Minister Suren Papikyan had a working meeting in Yerevan.

In the course of the meeting, they discussed the trends and prospects for the development of the military component of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.

The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff presented a draft Action Plan aimed at improving crisis response for approval to the Head of the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Armenia, this year's CSTO Chairmanship. The document was agreed upon during the consultations of the defense ministries of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan on March 24.

Chairman of the CSTO Defense Ministerial Council - Defense Minister of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan approved the Plan, which will be sent to the member States of the Organization in accordance with the established procedure.

The CSTO Chief of the Joint Staff and the Armenian Minister of Defense also discussed the coordination of practical implementation of CSTO decisions in the sphere of military cooperation.

 


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