On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
In the framework of the business program of the 10th International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment "MILEX-2021 events in the CSTO format were held
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On June 24, this year, a Joint external meeting of the heads and members of the national parts of the CSTO ICWEC and the CSTO ICWEC Business Council was held with the participation of members of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation on Military-Economic (Technical) Cooperation in the CSTO format. The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov participated in the meeting and addressed the meeting participants with welcoming remarks. He stressed the importance of practical measures developed in the course of such events to implement the Program of Military-Economic Cooperation of the CSTO member States adopted by the CSTO Collective Security Council in 2016 and identified a number of tasks in preparation for the next meeting of the CSTO ICWEC to be held in early September, this year, in Minsk.
The meeting also focused on the development of military and economic cooperation among the CSTO member States and discussed possible ways of improving cooperation among enterprises and organizations of the military-industrial complexes of the CSTO member States in the production, repair and modernization of military products.
A Protocol was signed following the Joint meeting.
A meeting of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on the issues of advertising and exhibition activities will be held on June 25. The meeting will consider proposals of national parts of the Coordinating Council on amendments to the list of international exhibitions to be held in 2021-2022, which can be used to form expositions of military, dual and special use and technologies of the CSTO member States.
It is also planned to discuss preparations for international armament shows on the territory of the CSTO member States in July 2021 - May 2022 and planning the CSTO business program at these shows in 2022, as well as to consider the possibility of providing the organizers of national exhibitions of CSTO member States preferential conditions for participation in these exhibitions.
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