From September 22 to 25, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Meetings between Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputies are scheduled. The meetings are expected to address a wide range of current issues, in particular, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
On September 23, Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the traditional annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states, held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the world organization.
Today, the active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” concluded on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During the “Conduct of combat operations” stage, two main training objectives are being practiced: the occupation by the national contingents of the CRDF CAR of the area of responsibility and the destruction of illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
Coordination meeting of chief narcologists of the CSTO member States took place in Yerevan
09.09.2022
On September 8-9, 2022, in Yerevan, Coordination meeting of chief narcologists of the CSTO member States, within the framework of the Republic of Armenia's chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, took place.
The event was moderated by the Chief Narcologist of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia Suren Nazinyan and the Deputy Secretary of the CSTO Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists and Advisor to the CSTO Secretariat Mikhail Melikhov.
Discussions were held on current areas of the Organization's anti-drug activities, the situation related to non-medical drug use in the CSTO member States, and trends in the development of the drug situation. The discussion also focused on the issues of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts, including those who abuse new types of psychoactive substances, coordination of cooperation with the law enforcement and educational institutions. Presentations were made by representatives of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan. They have discussed issues related to changes in the organization of drug addiction treatment in the CSTO member States and exchanged best practices and methodologies in the field of preventing the use of psychoactive substances and the prevention of drug addiction disorders - primary, secondary and tertiary, as well as inter-agency cooperation and its normative and legal support. A plan for further work by the Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member States for the next year has been outlined.
The event participants visited the National Center for Addiction Treatment of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia and got acquainted with the structure and activities of this leading specialized medical organization and its subdivisions (clinical diagnostic and chemical toxicological laboratories, inpatient narcology departments, dispensary department, offices of narcologists, psychologists and social workers).
