A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
The CSTO member states held consultations in Moscow on topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
21.05.2025
On 21 May 2025, the CSTO member states held consultations by videoconferencing using the communications channels of the CSTO Crisis Response Centre under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation on the theme “On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation” (CADN), in which delegations of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Acting Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and members of the CSTO Secretariat took part.
There was a thorough discussion of topical issues and prospects for the development of the situation in the field of CADN. The participants compared approaches to specific aspects of compliance with and strengthening of existing international treaties and agreements in this area.
In discussing selected topical issues, the importance of cooperation and active joint steps to counter attempts to use outer space as a “battleground” was emphasized, as well as the need to maintain human control over weapons systems using artificial intelligence.
Interest was confirmed to continue regular reconciliation of positions on the issues of the CADN in order to coordinate actions at specialized international platforms.
