On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
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.
