On November 10, a discussion session entitled “Indivisible Biological Security in the CSTO Area” was held at the World Trade Center as part of the International Forum on Collective Security.
On November 10, a discussion session entitled “The CSTO: New Challenges and Prospects for Regional Cooperation” was held at the World Trade Center as part of the International Forum on Collective Security.
The traditional 14th Meeting of Senior Administrative Officials of the CSTO, CIS and SCO was held in Moscow on November 10, 2026. It was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev and SCO Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev.
On November 10, 2026, a joint meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers, Council of Defence Ministers and Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov.
The CSTO Secretariat hosted the first meeting of the Permanent Council in 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!