Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026”.
On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
A working meeting of the main operational departments of the general staffs of the armed forces of the CSTO member states was held in Kyrgyzstan
30.08.2019
On August 28 and 29, a group of officers headed by the First Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Lieutenant General Hasan Kaloev, took part in the working meeting of the chiefs of the main operational departments of the general staffs of the armed forces of the CSTO member states, which was held in the village of Chok-Tal Issyk -Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic.
During the meeting the challenges and threats to military security in the Central Asian region, plans for the development of military cooperation between the member states of the Organization for the medium term, as well as ways to improve the components of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) were discussed.
