From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
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.
St. Petersburg hosted the first meeting of the CSTO member states' Coordinating Council on biological security. Head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova was elected as its Chairperson
15.12.2022
On 15 December, in St. Petersburg, the first meeting of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on biological security was held. Anna Yurievna Popova, Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor), Chief State Sanitary Inspector of the Russian Federation, was elected as its Chairperson
The Council was established by a decision of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council on September 15, 2021. The purpose of the new structure is to coordinate activities and cooperation in preventing and countering biological threats and to create a reliable system for ensuring the biological security of the CSTO member states.
The first meeting of the Council was attended by representatives of all member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Members of the Coordinating Council have discussed plans of interaction on joint response to biological threats and issues of coordination of the CSTO member states' positions on strengthening the BWTC regime, joint formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection.
The meeting also discussed organizational issues of the council, including interaction on biosafety issues in day-to-day operations.
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