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On 17 April 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Central Asia, Head of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kaha Imnadze.
On 17 April 2026, the 17th meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils on information security was held in Moscow, with the participation of delegations of representatives of national coordinating and competent authorities on information security, as well as experts and specialists from relevant national structures and agencies of the Organization’s member states.
On 16 April 2026, the 21st meeting of the Council of the CSTO Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response (CCC CSTO) was held in Moscow, with the participation of delegations of representatives of national competent authorities for computer incident response of the Organization’s member states, as well as a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by Umarzoda Umar Safar, Head of the Countering Challenges and Threats Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On 17 April, the annual training courses for representatives of the CSTO member states who do not have the status of military personnel were completed at the CSTO Secretariat.
The CSTO trainings “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and “Barrier-2025” started in the Republic of Tajikistan
20.10.2025
On October 20, in the Republic of Tajikistan, at the “Fakhrabad” training ground, a solemn ceremony was held to mark the start of joint trainings with the Peacekeeping Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and a special training with the joint formation of radiation, chemical, and biological protection and medical support for the CSTO “Barrier-2025.”
The solemn opening ceremony of the trainings was attended by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Lieutenant General Abdukodir Saidozoda, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov, Chief of the Joint Staff of the CSTO Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, representatives of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and the Republic of Tajikistan, and invited officials.
The ceremony began with a parade of peacekeeping contingents. The military band played the national anthems and the national flags of the CSTO member states were raised.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Lieutenant General Abdukodir Saidozoda, said in particular: "Issues related to the Collective Security Treaty Organization's response to various threats and crisis situations, taking into account developments in the situation, have always been at the forefront of our attention.
In a rapidly changing environment and with destabilizing factors concentrated in close proximity to our borders, the readiness of our collective forces and resources to perform their intended tasks is becoming increasingly important and relevant. The conduct of such large-scale joint trainings is dictated by the dynamically developing situation in our challenging region and underscores the need to combine the efforts of our countries in countering modern challenges and threats”.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov addressed the participants of the trainings with a welcoming speech.
"The trainings are being conducted amid an escalating crisis in international relations and continuing potential for conflict in the Central Asian region covered by the CSTO collective security system. The heads of state of the Organization's member countries are taking all necessary measures to develop the forces and means of the collective security system in order to jointly counter modern challenges and threats.
In the context of a complex military-political situation and regional instability, CSTO peacekeeping forces must be constantly ready to conduct peacekeeping operations both within the Organization's area of responsibility and beyond it, under a UN mandate," the CSTO Secretary General said.
He also noted that the upcoming trainings would serve to improve the methods used by commanders and staff in preparing and conducting peacekeeping operations, as well as to raise the level of field training and coordination among national peacekeeping contingents.
“I am confident that the trainings will be conducted at a high organizational and methodological level, and their results will be used to improve the mechanisms for adopting and implementing decisions on the use of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces,” Imangali Tasmagambetov said in his speech.
The event concluded with peacekeeping contingents marching solemnly in formation across the parade ground of the field camp.
From October 20 to 24, the Republic of Tajikistan will host the active phase of the joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces, “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025,” at the “Fakhrabad” training ground, during which issues related to the preparation and conduct of peacekeeping operations on the territory of a member state of the Organization will be worked out.
For the first time, a special training is being conducted as part of the peacekeeping training with the joint formation of NBC protection and medical support for the CSTO “Barrier-2025.” In these trainings, the joint formation of NBC protection and medical support for the CSTO is operationally subordinate to the Commander of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces. The main task of the joint formation during the training is to ensure the biological safety of the coalition group of troops.
Military contingents from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, the Republic of Tajikistan, operational groups of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat are participating in the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and “Barrier-2025” trainings. The Russian contingent is mainly made up of units from the 201st military base of the Central Military District, including mountain units, communications units, electronic warfare units, NBC protection units, medical units, and unmanned aerial vehicle crews. The total number of participants in the trainings is about 1,500 people and more than 200 units of military and special equipment, including six helicopters and more than 20 UAVs.
The active phases of the CSTO trainings will be conducted in a combined format with the final stage of the joint anti-terrorism training of the competent authorities of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States, “Anti-Terror 2025.”
Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings,
the Republic of Tajikistan, “Fakhrabad” Training Ground
