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.
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!
