On 8 April 2026, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the 9th Regional Meeting of Heads of Border Agencies of the CIS member states, held in the city of Guliston (Republic of Tajikistan).
From 7 to 9 April, the first staff talks on the organization and conduct of joint exercises with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in 2026 were held at the CSTO Joint Staff.
On 8 April 2026, on the sidelines of the 9th Regional Meeting of Heads of Border Agencies of the CIS member states, a working meeting was held between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and First Deputy Chairman – Commander of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan Murodali Rajabzoda.
On 9 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Minister of Defense of Tajikistan Emomali Sobirzoda.
On 9 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Secretary of the Security Council of Tajikistan Rahmon Yusuf Ahmadzoda.
Meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
25.05.2021On May 25, 2021, in the CSTO Secretariat, chaired by the Head of the Working Group, National Coordinator of the Republic of Tajikistan for Afghanistan Vafo Niyatbekzoda, with the participation of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev, the 33rd meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (WGA) was held.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the CIS ATC and the SCO RATS. The Deputy Secretary General of the Organization, Samat Ordabaev, noted that Afghanistan remains a territory from which serious threats to the security of the CSTO member states are emanating, especially in light of the alleged withdrawal of foreign military contingent from the IRA. In this regard, the demand for the activities of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and cooperation of the CSTO member states in the Afghan sector is significantly increasing. Samat Ordabaev also informed that the Afghan problem was discussed in detail during the recent meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the Organization in Dushanbe.
At the end of the meeting, the results of the Group's work for the first half of 2021 were summed up and the Work Plan of the WGA for the second half of 2021 was adopted.
