On September 1, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres held a working meeting in Bishkek in the SCO+ format.
On August 31, 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
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.
Regular training courses for representatives of the CSTO member states are being held at the CSTO Secretariat
From 13 to 17 April, annual training courses for representatives of the CSTO member states who do not have the status of military personnel are being held at the CSTO Secretariat.
Training sessions will be conducted for the participants on the areas of activity of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, including the provision of the most relevant information on political and military cooperation, peacekeeping activities, procedures for responding to crisis and emergency situations in the CSTO area of responsibility, countering contemporary challenges and threats to the security of the member states, as well as information and analytical and regulatory and legal support of the CSTO’s activities.