From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
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.
Consultations on "Creating Conditions for the Involvement of the CSTO Peacekeeping Potential in the UN Peacekeeping Operations" were held in Moscow
11.10.2022
On October 11, 2022, Moscow hosted consultations of representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states on "Creating Conditions for the Involvement of the CSTO Peacekeeping Potential in the UN Peacekeeping Operations”.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev, authorized representatives to the CSTO, experts from interested ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states, employees of embassies of the member states and the Organization Secretariat, as well as experts from the UN Secretariat participated in the event (via videoconferencing).
In the course of consultations, approaches to the functions, tasks and powers of the coordinating state, prospects for the CSTO CPF involvement in the UN peacekeeping operations, taking into account the existing experience in this area, were discussed. The importance of CSTO's effective participation in global peacekeeping efforts was emphasized.
The consultations confirmed a high degree of convergence in the approaches of the CSTO member states and their focus on further strengthening cooperation with the UN in peacekeeping.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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