The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. CSTO Secretariat representative Igor Panarin took part in the event.
Consultations on the development of military cooperation between the Organization's member states were held at the CSTO Joint Staff
21.11.2019
On November 19-21, in Moscow, at the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, consultations on the draft Plan for the Development of Military Cooperation of the CSTO Member States for 2021-2025 were held .
Given the importance of the document, delegations from the defense establishments of the CSTO member states at the level of chiefs of the main operational departments of the general staffs of the armed forces of the member states and the Secretariat of the Organization were invited to participate in consultations by the CSTO Joint Staff.
During the meeting, chaired by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, issues of developing military cooperation between the CSTO member states for the medium term were discussed.
“Active work during the consultations once again confirmed the importance of the document being developed,” said Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, commenting on the outcome of the event. “We discussed a wide range of issues, reviewed and agreed on the content of the draft Plan for the Development of Military Cooperation of the CSTO Member States for 2021-2025.” The Head of the CSTO Joint Staff also noted that the joint work was constructive and fruitful.
