On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in a working meeting of the Council of Ministers of the CSTO member states in New York, chaired by the Russian Federation.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a meeting with Acting UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Alexander Zuev.
On September 23 this year, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix.
From September 22 to 25, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the High-Level Week of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Meetings between Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his deputies are scheduled. The meetings are expected to address a wide range of current issues, in particular, peacekeeping and counter-terrorism.
On September 23, Talatbek Masadykov will take part in the traditional annual meeting of the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states, held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the world organization.
Today, the active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” concluded on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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.
