On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and Coordinator of the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat Elena Kupchina.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu.
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.
