A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The CSTO Joint Staff held consultations on improving the organization and conduct of flights in the airspace of the Organization member states and international flights of aviation of the armed forces of the CSTO member states
14.04.2023
On 13-14 April, at the CSTO Joint Staff, Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat held consultations on the issue "Organization and performance of flights (transit) in the airspace of CSTO member states and international flights of aviation of the armed forces of the CSTO member states".
Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev, Head of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) Planning Department, chaired the consultations with representatives of concerned ministries and agencies from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat, the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat.
In the course of consultations, proposals on amendments to the Agreement on the Status of formations of the CSTO Collective Security forces and means of December 10, 2010 and the Agreement on cooperation of the CSTO member states in transportation of military and other formations, their movable property and military goods of September 15, 2015 were reviewed, clarified and agreed upon.
At the end of the event Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev noted that the consultations were fruitful, during the joint work we were able to discuss proposals on current areas of interest, to bring the positions of the parties closer, to agree and record the agreements reached.
