On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
In Tajikistan, representatives of defense ministries of the CSTO member states and the Organization's Joint Staff discussed the "Rubezh-2022" exercise of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region

Representatives of defense agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and a group of officers of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff, Major General Viktor Lisovsky, took part in the talks.
In the course of the second staff talks, the concept of the joint exercise, the plan of practical action, the composition of national contingents of CSTO member States, as well as issues of comprehensive support were considered and agreed upon.
A reconnaissance of the exercise area - the training range of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Tajikistan "Kharbmaidon", located about 20 kilometers from the Tajik-Afghan border - was conducted. The units of the CBRN CAR will practice joint actions in the mountainous terrain.
Possible participation of representatives of international and regional organizations and military attachés accredited in Tajikistan as observers during the final stage of the exercise was discussed.
Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of collective security are intended to fulfill the tasks of ensuring military security of the CSTO member states of the Central Asian region of collective security, including participation in repulsing external military aggression and conducting joint counter-terrorist operations.
The CSTO member states of the CRDF CAR (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan) include military formations, units and subunits of permanent readiness equipped with highly mobile military hardware and interoperable weaponry and communication systems, and combat, logistics, and technical support units.
Depending on the nature of the threat, the CRDF CAR grouping may have a different structure, composition, and reinforcements, including aviation. The total strength of the CSTO CRDF CAR is about 5,000 personnel.