On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.
On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”
The Joint Staff held consultations aimed at improving the preparation and conduct of trainings with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces
15.06.2023
On June 14, this year, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Air Force Major-General Turaly Koyshikulov, consultations were held via videoconferencing with authorized representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff to finalize, taking into account the positions received on the results of internal approval, the draft Decision of the CFM, the CMD and the CSTO CSSC "On methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces”.
Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the consultations.
The Draft Decision of the CFM, the CMD and the CSTO CSSC " On methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces" was developed by the CSTO Joint Staff taking into account the experience of peacekeeping trainings and as part of work to amend the regulatory acts governing the joint operational and combat training of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) to bring the currently effective methodological recommendations in line with the Regulation on procedure for preparation and conduct of joint combat trainings in the CSTO format.
In the course of consultations, draft Methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces were discussed, finalized and largely agreed upon. As a result of the consultations, it was decided to recommend to the CSTO Joint Staff to submit a draft document for consideration by the CSTO Permanent Council.
We recall that this year's joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" is planned at the final stage of the joint operational-strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2023". On the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, the tasks of post-conflict settlement in the crisis zone will be practiced by conducting a peacekeeping operation using the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system in the interests of maintaining peace and security.
The peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states are specially trained military, police (police) and civilian personnel, as well as forces and means provided by member states to the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. Their total number is 3,800.
For each peacekeeping operation, the composition, structure and size of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces are determined by decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, based on the scope of the tasks to be performed and the specific situation in the conflict zone.
