On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
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.
