A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
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.
The Republic of Kazakhstan holds a Meeting with officials of national bodies authorized to interact with the CSTO Crisis Response Center
06.11.2024
On 5-8 November, for the first time, Astana is hosting a Meeting of officials from the national bodies of the CSTO member states authorized to interact with the Organization's Crisis Response Centre. This year, the Republic of Kazakhstan, which holds the CSTO Chairmanship in order to familiarize itself with the functioning of the command posts of the defense agencies and ministries concerned, has proposed that these annual meetings be held alternately in the Organization's member states.
The theme of the meeting is: “Main areas for improving information interaction with national bodies authorized to interact with the CSTO Crisis Response Centre”. Its main purpose is to improve the effectiveness of information cooperation between the CSTO Crisis Response Centre and national bodies.
The event is attended by delegations headed by the heads of the central command posts of the defense agencies of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan, officials from the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation, the National Crisis Management Center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, as well as the deputy heads of the Coordination Service of the Council of Commanders of Border Troops and the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center.
On November 6, at the National Defense University of the Republic of Kazakhstan, chaired by Major General Arsen Rakhmanov, Head of the CSTO Crisis Response Center, presentations on the military and political situation in the regions of collective security and the main directions for improving information interaction for crisis response were heard and discussed. Major General Fazylollah Badenov, Head of the National Defense Control Centre and Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, made a report on experience in organizing information interaction.
During the Meeting, on November 7, it is planned to visit and familiarize with the work of the National Center for Defense Management of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Center for Crisis Management of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Operational Management Center of the Department of Internal Affairs of Astana.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan
