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.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
The CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers met in Minsk
20.06.2023
On June 20, this year, in Minsk, a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held under the chairmanship of Sergei Aleinik, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, with the participation of Imangali Tasmagambetov, the CSTO Secretary General.
The heads of foreign ministries have exchanged detailed views on the international and regional situation, its impact on security in the Organization's area of responsibility and further steps to develop the CSTO's external relations.
At the end of the meeting, political statements were adopted on topical issues of the international agenda and a package of organizational documents aimed at improving the effectiveness of the CSTO activities was approved.
In accordance with the Protocol decision, the next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization will be held in the fourth quarter of 2023 in Minsk.
