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.
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.
___________________________________________________
The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7495-621-27-10
+7495-621-33-23 - tel/fax
