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.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and Coordinator of the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat Elena Kupchina.
On May 18, 2026, a meeting was held in Vienna between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu.
At the “Russia Today” press center, a joint press conference was held by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, and Anatoly Vybornov, Chairman of the CSTO PA Standing Commission on Defense and Security and member of the Russian State Duma
09.12.2025
On December 9, 2025, at the “Russia Today” International Multimedia Press Center, a joint press conference was held by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, and Anatoly Vybornov, Chairman of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Commission on Defense and Security, with studios in Astana, Bishkek, Yerevan, and Minsk connected. The Tajik correspondents worked from the Moscow studio. The main topic of the press conference was the results of the CSTO Collective Security Council (CSC) session held on November 27 in Bishkek.
Valery Semerikov elaborated on the main issues discussed during the meeting of heads of state. In particular, he reported on the high assessment given by the members of the CSC to Kyrgyzstan's chairmanship of the Organization. At the same time, through collective efforts, all the priorities presented by the Kyrgyz side at the 2024 session were successfully implemented. Based on the report of CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, a wide range of issues and tasks related to challenges and threats to regional security were considered.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General announced the adoption of a number of important documents aimed at comprehensively strengthening the Organization. Among the most important are the decisions “On the Collective Security Strategy of the Collective Security Treaty Organization” and “On the Anti-Drug Strategy of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for 2026-2030.” In terms of the analytical component of the CSTO, he also highlighted the adoption of the Decision “On the Information and Analytical Department of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
Valery Semerikov outlined the priorities of the Russian Federation's chairmanship of the CSTO in 2026, noting that Russia planned to focus primarily on consolidating the member states of the Organization and improving the activities of the CSTO bodies. Other priorities of the Russian Federation as chair include comprehensively strengthening the Organization's military component, including the military-medical aspect, as well as developing interparliamentary ties.
