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.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
The CSTO Secretariat hosted consultations of the heads of press services (information units) of the foreign ministries of the CSTO member states
10.12.2024
On 10 December 2024, in the CSTO Secretariat, consultations were held for the heads of press services (information units) of the foreign ministries of the CSTO member states. Representatives of the Secretariat and the Organization's Joint Staff took part in the event.
The parties have discussed in detail a wide range of issues related to expanding cooperation in the information and analytical sphere, with a focus on the need to provide the audience with objective and detailed information on the CSTO's activities.
In this context, the parties discussed in detail the tasks of practical coordination in the media space in order to strengthen the authority and popularization of the CSTO.
They considered the organization of operational cooperation between the Secretariat and the press services of the foreign ministries of the member states on issues relating to information support for the CSTO activities.
Experience was exchanged on the problems of countering the dissemination of inaccurate information and fakes, including the unscrupulous use of artificial intelligence technologies.
The press secretary, Assistant Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, informed the participants of the practice of organizing the work of the CSTO Joint Press Centre.
