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.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
First consultations of the heads of press services of the Foreign Ministries of the CSTO member States were held in Minsk
30.11.2021
On November 30, 2021, Minsk hosted the first consultations of the heads of information departments (press services) of the Foreign Ministries of the CSTO member States.
With the participation of representatives of the Organization's Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff, issues of information interaction between the relevant divisions of the foreign policy departments of CSTO member States and the Organization's working bodies were discussed in detail. Particular attention was paid to developing common approaches to the coverage of the Organization's activities and to improving the techniques and methods of "digital diplomacy”.
Participants of the consultations discussed coordinated steps for further implementation of joint measures of the CSTO member States' diplomatic missions to increase information about the CSTO activities.
Proposals by the CSTO Secretariat on the implementation of the Plan of events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization were considered, and additional directions for interaction between the press services of foreign ministries were outlined as part of the implementation of the Plan. The Organization's anniversary will be celebrated on May 15, 2022.
Information from the CSTO Joint Staff on the organization of press centers in the course of the preparation and conduct of joint trainings was heard.
An agreement was reached to hold the following consultations of the heads of information departments (press services) of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member States in the second half of 2022.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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