From 21 to 25 April this year, the CSTO Secretariat is holding an annual training course for representatives of the CSTO member states without military status.
The meeting was held in the city of Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff under the chairmanship of Viktor Zinoviev, Secretary of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation (ICMEC, Commission).
From April 7 to 10, 2025 on the basis of the Park-Hotel “Ognikovo” of Istrinsky district of Moscow region, the XXII International seminar-meeting on complex martial arts with the heads of combat and physical training of power ministries and departments of the CSTO member states took place.
On April 11, 2025, in Dushanbe, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Tajik Defense Minister Emomali Sobirzoda, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan Rahmon Yusuf Ahmadzoda and the First Deputy Chairman - Commander of Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan Murodali Rajab Rajabzoda.
First consultations of the heads of press services of the Foreign Ministries of the CSTO member States were held in Minsk

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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