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.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
Details of the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2025" and "Barrier-2025" trainings have been discussed in the Republic of Tajikistan
19.06.2025
On June 17-19, the Republic of Tajikistan hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of a joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2025" and a special training with the joint formation of the CSTO NBC defense and medical support formation "Barrier-2025", held at the final stage of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
The event was attended by representatives of interested ministries and departments of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center, the CSTO Secretariat and a group of officers of the Organization's Joint Staff headed by Major General Ilkhomjon Hafizzoda.
During the staff negotiations, the plans of the trainings, the composition of the command and national contingents, the procedure for practical actions, as well as the organization of comprehensive support were considered and agreed upon.
The participants in the staff negotiations conducted a reconnaissance of the training area at the Fakhrabad training ground.
During the joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2025" and a special training with the joint formation of the CSTO NBC defense and medical support formation "Barrier-2025" in October this year in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan, it is planned to work out issues of conducting a peacekeeping operation by the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces and eliminating sources of biological threats. The active phase of the training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2025" will be held in a combined format with the final stage of the joint anti–terrorist training of the competent authorities of the CIS member states "Commonwealth of Antiterrorism-2025".
