On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
CSTO takes measures in connection with the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)
19.03.2020
The Collective Security Treaty Organization member states is extremely concerned about the spread of the COVID-19 virus infection, defined by the World Health Organization as a pandemic. The CSTO highly appreciates the determined efforts and measures taken by international and regional organizations, as well as by countries that are members of the CSTO, to prevent the spread of coronavirus in their territories and minimize the consequences of the epidemic.
As part of the preventive measures being taken using the capabilities of the CSTO Crisis Response Center in the CSTO Secretariat and the Joint Staff, in close cooperation with the ministries and departments of the Organization’s member states, the epidemiological situation in the collective security regions is monitored on a daily basis.
A set of antiviral measures has been planned and implemented. As practical steps, official business trips of employees to states with an unfavorable epidemiological situation were temporarily canceled. A special regime of the working bodies of the Organization is being introduced. It was decided to limit the holding of events in the buildings of the CSTO Secretariat and the Joint Staff with the wide participation of representatives of the member states of the Organization and the visits of the Secretariat and Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization outside Moscow. Some employees are transferred to remote mode.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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