On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
A meeting of the Coordination Council of authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on biological security issues was held in Minsk
14.07.2023
On 13 July, Minsk hosted the 2nd meeting of the Coordination Council of authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on biological security issues. The Council meeting was attended by representatives of all CSTO member states.
Anna Popova, Chairman of the Coordinating Council, Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia, noted that "the intentions of Western countries to use technological results, the results of science, unfortunately, not for the good of man and not for the good of humanity, are becoming obvious”.
For his part, Alexander Tarasenko, the Deputy Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Belarus, pointed out that "biological safety takes into account not only the civil situation, but also cases of some emergency situations, including military actions”. He also noted that the concept of biological safety had already been approved in the Republic of Belarus.
The meeting participants have considered draft regulations for the work of the Coordinating Council of authorized bodies of the Organization's member states on biosecurity issues, as well as a report on biological-military threats in the CSTO area.
The meeting resulted in a number of decisions that will serve to strengthen the biological sovereignty of the Organisation's member states.
The next meeting of the Coordination Council will take place in December 2023.
