On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
The CSTO Secretariat held its first meeting of the Permanent Council in 2026
13.01.2026
On 13 January 2026, the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization held the first meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council this year.
In accordance with the established rotation procedure, the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian Federation to the CSTO, Viktor Vasilyev, assumed the chairmanship of the Permanent Council for 2026.
The meeting was attended by the CSTO Secretary General, Talatbek Masadykov. He emphasized the need to complete the coordination of the action plan for the implementation of the decisions adopted at the November 2025 session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, as well as the priority areas of the CSTO’s activities during the chairmanship of the Russian Federation, with a view to their subsequent approval by the Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council, Vladimir Putin.
The participants also discussed current issues related to the Organization’s activities in connection with the commencement of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship of the CSTO in 2026.
