On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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.
A plan for the CSTO regional operation "Illegal" to counter illegal migration for 2021 has been agreed
31.03.2021On March 31, 2021, under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration, the Head of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Police Lieutenant General Valentina Kazakova, a meeting of the International Headquarters of the CSTO regional operation "Illegal" was held.
The meeting was attended by representatives of all national headquarters of the CSTO member states involved in the "Illegal" operation and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
In the course of the event, representatives of the national headquarters of the Organization's member states substantively discussed the concept of the operation under the code name "Illegal-2021" and agreed on the timing of the stages of active measures in the current year.
In addition, in the course of the meeting, measures for coordinating interaction in the process of the operation were considered and agreed upon, communication channels and the procedure for exchanging information, as well as preparing and sending responses to possible requests from the interacting parties, were determined.
Based on the results of the work of the International Headquarters, it was decided to submit the agreed Plan of operation “Illegal-2021” for signature to the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and the Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration, the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Colonel-General Alexander Gorovoy.
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