The XXIII meeting of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation was held in Astana (the Republic of Kazakhstan) under the chairmanship of Denis Manturov, Chairman of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
Dear Sergey Kuzhugetovich!
Dear Secretaries of the Security Councils!
On behalf of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, I welcome the organizers and participants of the thirteenth meeting of the secretaries of the security councils of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
On October 31, 2025, in Astana, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
During his visit to the Republic of Tajikistan, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Imangali Tasmagambetov was received by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
In Minsk, a working session was held on the topic: “Prospects for collective security in Eurasia: the CSTO area of responsibility as a space for dialogue”
29.10.2025
On October 29, 2025, a working session on “Prospects for collective security in Eurasia: The CSTO area of responsibility as a space for dialogue” was held in the Belarusian capital as part of the III Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. It was attended by representatives of expert communities from the CSTO member states, Uzbekistan, India, Vietnam, and a number of other countries.
The meeting was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
Igor Sekret, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, and Taalatbek Masadykov, Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO, addressed the participants with opening remarks.
An exchange of views took place on a wide range of issues related to ensuring regional security.
Particular attention was paid to the prospects for implementing the ideas of the Eurasian Charter of diversity and multipolarity in the 21st century. Representatives of expert communities recognized the significant potential of this draft document as an initiative capable of coordinating constructive interaction between countries in the region in the interests of security and development in Greater Eurasia.
The participants in the discussion noted the important role of the Issyk-Kul Initiative, adopted in June this year as part of an expert dialogue organized at the initiative of the CSTO Secretariat, in terms of establishing the ideological basis and format of the expert community.
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat reported on work being done on a Conceptual Report entitled “The Great Eurasian Partnership: Shared Responsibility for a Secure Future,” which is scheduled for release in November of this year.
