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.
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.
The CSTO Secretariat hosted a round table on the formation of a new architecture for international relations
25.09.2025
On September 25, 2025, the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted a round table discussion on “The Emerging Architecture of International Relations: Prospects for the Eurasian Security System.” The event brought together leading representatives of the analytical community and experts from the foreign ministries of the CSTO member states.
The discussion was attended by leaders of key scientific and analytical centers in Russia, including Mikhail Golovnin, Director of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Europe at the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexei Gromyko, Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations at the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexei Kuznetsov, Leading Research Fellow at the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University Sergei Markedonov, and Ambassador-at-Large at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Trofimov.
Experts from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Republic of Tajikistan also joined the discussion via videoconferencing.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov welcomed the event participants. In his speech, he emphasized the importance of joint efforts in the context of an unstable international situation. “In a situation of significantly growing challenges and threats, we strive to gain a deeper understanding of what is happening in the world and in our region, to develop and adopt measures necessary to protect the interests of the CSTO member states. This is what motivates us to strengthen cooperation with the expert community,” the CSTO Secretary General said.
The dialogue covered issues related to cooperation between integration associations in the Eurasian space – the CSTO, the CIS, and the EAEU – as well as the prospects for forming a Greater Eurasian Partnership. Particular attention was paid to supporting the "Issyk-Kul Expert Initiative", which aims to deepen cooperation between think tanks in the region.
The roundtable participants developed recommendations aimed at further strengthening Central Eurasia as an area of security, stability, and sustainable development.
