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.
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.
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.
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).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
In Kyrgyzstan, preparations for the “Rubezh-2025” training are taking into account the experience gained during a special military operation
16.09.2025
On 15 September, in the Kyrgyz Republic, at the “Edelweiss” training center, under general supervision of the CSTO Joint Staff, instructor-methodological training sessions were held with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) on issues of organization, management, formation and coordination.
During the training sessions, the materials for which were prepared based on the experience of the Russian Armed Forces in conducting special military operation, officers of the CSTO Joint Staff provided information on the procedure for deploying and organizing work at the CAR CRDF Control Centre, including to the heads of branches of the armed forces, services and other structural units. Particular attention was paid to the procedure for organizing and conducting command coordination activities, as well as organizing countermeasures against enemy UAVs at command posts.
Representatives of the defense ministries of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan were involved in the trainings.
According to the training scenario, they are officials of the training command headquarters and the Command of the CAR CRDF, with a total number of more than 160 people.
These measures are aimed at achieving one of the most important goals of the upcoming “Rubezh-2025” training: improving the organization of the CSTO Collective Forces.
The instructor-methodological training sessions concluded with a practical demonstration of the actions of the forces and means on duty in repelling strikes by a simulated enemy UAV against the CAR CRDF command post.
Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
