On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
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).
