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.
The CSTO Secretariat hosted the first meeting of the Permanent Council in 2025
16.01.2025
On January 16, the CSTO Secretariat hosted the first meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council of the coming year. The Chairmanship of the CSTO Permanent Council was handed over to Mirlan Turgunbekov, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the CSTO.
The CSTO Secretary General thanked Marat Syzdykov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the CSTO, for his work as Chairman of the Permanent Council in 2024.
Also during the meeting, the Organization's action plan for 2025 was discussed. On the initiative of the new Chairperson, Mr. Mirlan Turgunbekov, the Permanent Council formulated the motto of its activities in 2025: 80 Years of the Great Victory!
