On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
A meeting of representatives of the CSTO and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization took place in St. Petersburg
05.09.2025
On September 5, in St. Petersburg, at the headquarters of the Organization's Parliamentary Assembly, a working meeting of Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries with representatives of the parliaments of the CSTO member states took place.
The meeting was attended by leading diplomats from the CSTO countries, including representatives of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as employees of the CSTO Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Organization's Parliamentary Assembly.
"Today's meeting confirms the importance of close cooperation between the CSTO statutory bodies and the Parliamentary Assembly. Working together will improve the effectiveness of the implementation of our projects and create a unified legal platform for strengthening security and stability in the region," Sergei Pospelov, Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, said.
During the meeting, key issues of interaction between the CSTO's statutory bodies and the Parliamentary Assembly, as well as the development of the Assembly's Work Program for 2026-2030, aimed at bringing together and harmonizing the national legislation of the Organization's member countries, were discussed. Special attention was paid to expanding cooperation with international organizations and increasing the number of CSTO observers and partners.
The upcoming forum of the chairmen of the parliamentary committees on international affairs, security and defense, which is scheduled for February 2026 in Moscow, was also considered.
