On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.
On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”
An expert round table was held in the CSTO Secretariat
On March 11, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov held a meeting with experts. During the event, the situation in the European Union and its impact on the CSTO member states were discussed.
The meeting was attended by Alexei Gromyko, Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Timofei Borisov, columnist of the security and law department of “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”, and Vitaly Volkov, expert of the “Eurasia Heritage” Foundation.