On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat, headed by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, is taking part in the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”, being held in Minsk from June 17 to 19, 2026.
Regular meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Warfare under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers held in Saint Petersburg
In the Republic of Tajikistan, preparations for the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and “Barrier-2025” trainings are taking into account the experience of modern armed conflicts
20.10.2025
On October 18, in the Republic of Tajikistan, at the “Fakhrabad” training ground, under the general supervision of Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Major General Ilkhomjon Hafizoda, instructor-methodological training sessions were held with the Joint Command of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces on issues of organization, management, formation, and coordination.
During the training sessions, which were prepared based on the experience of modern armed conflicts, officers of the CSTO Joint Staff provided information on the deployment and organization of work at the command post of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces, including the commanders of the branches of the armed forces, services, and other structural units.
Particular attention was paid to the procedure for organizing and conducting Joint Command coordination activities, organizing work in preparation for peacekeeping operations, the capabilities of tactical combat control systems used in modern conflicts and promising systems, as well as the specifics of creating a system to counter UAVs.
In addition, classes were held on the composition, purpose, main tasks, and organization of the joint NBC defense and medical support formation of the CSTO, which in these trainings 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.
Representatives of the defense ministries of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and the Republic of Tajikistan were invited to participate in the trainings. According to the training scenario, they are officials of the training command headquarters and the Joint Command of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces.
These measures are aimed at achieving one of the most important goals of the upcoming training, “Indestructible Brotherhood-2025” and “Barrier-2025” – improving the management of the CSTO Collective Forces.
The instructor-methodological training sessions concluded with a practical demonstration of the actions of air defense forces and assets on duty in repelling strikes by a simulated enemy's UAVs on the command post of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces.
