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.
MGIMO hosted the CSTO Student Model dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty
17.03.2022
On March 16, 2022, the CSTO Student Model, dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty, was held at MGIMO. Head of the Department of Political Cooperation of the CSTO Secretariat Piotr Koronevsky made a keynote speech at the event. He acquainted students and graduate students with the principles of the Organization, its objectives and prospects for development, as well as the main areas of activity within the CSTO format.
Igor Panarin, the Executive Director of the CSTO University League, also took part in the Model.
A panel discussion was held as part of the Model, during which presentations were made by students and graduate students of MGIMO and Moscow State University.
Reports were devoted to increasing the peacekeeping potential of the CSTO, improving the CSTO CRRF, Afghan issues, and a number of other areas of CSTO the activity.
The event was organized by the Russian Foreign Policy Club of the MGIMO Academic Student Society.
