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.
The CSTO held consultations on improvement of crisis response system
24.03.2022
On March 24, in Moscow, under the chairmanship of Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, consultations were held via videoconferencing between representatives of defense ministries of the CSTO member States, the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff to agree on the draft Action Plan aimed at improving the crisis response system.
The event was attended by representatives of defense 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.
Participants of the consultations have analyzed the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan in January 2022, considered and discussed proposals for improving crisis response mechanisms, the use of peacekeeping forces abroad, as well as the organization of international flights of the armed forces of the CSTO member States.
The draft document was finalized and agreed upon.
As a result of consultations, it was agreed to consider the draft Plan agreed upon and ready to be submitted for approval to the Chairman of the CSTO Defense Ministerial Council - the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.
