The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
The meeting of the CSTO Secretary General with the State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich took place in Minsk
27.01.2022
On January 27, 2022, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas met with the State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Volfovich.
An exchange of views took place on current events in international and regional security. Stanislav Zas positively assessed the actions of the Belarusian peacekeeping contingent in Kazakhstan. The issues of the participation of the Republic of Belarus in the activities of the Organization, the implementation of the decisions of the last sessions of the Collective Security Council and meetings of the statutory bodies of the CSTO, as well as planned events in 2022 were discussed.
The CSTO Secretary General thanked the Belarusian side for the promptness of decision-making and their implementation.
State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Volfovich focused on the fact that Belarus today acts as an outpost in the Eastern European region of collective security, counteracting the entire spectrum of modern risks, challenges and threats. "Along with the sanctions, the military-political situation is aggravating, the external force presence near the Belarusian borders is increasing, the militarization of neighboring European countries is in full swing. With this in mind, additional measures are being taken to ensure the security of Belarus, maintain peace and stability in the region. In the power bloc, the countries are carefully analyzed events that took place in Kazakhstan, in order to timely prevent, identify, immediately and adequately suppress attempts by external influences," he said.
