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.
On June 24-26, the second staff negotiations were held in the Kyrgyz Republic on the organization and conduct an operational meeting with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) and a command and staff training with units of the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2025", conducted as part of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation held regular CSTO Courses
24.04.2024
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
The training of representatives of the CSTO member states is organized in accordance with the Agreement on Military Personnel Training for the CSTO member states.
A course of lectures and practical trainings was held for students on politico-military issues, crisis response to contemporary challenges and threats, military cooperation in the CSTO format, as well as military strategy, military management and military economics. The classes were conducted by faculty members of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, staff of the CSTO Secretariat and servicemen of the CSTO Joint Staff.
On 23 April, at the summing up of the results of the CSTO Course, with the participation of Lieutenant General A.V. Sergeantov, the Deputy Head of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and S.M. Zaitsev, the Head of the Department of Military Security Problems of the CSTO Secretariat, the trainees received certificates of advanced training of the established standard.
The CSTO courses held on an annual basis significantly improve the knowledge of the senior staff and leading specialists of the state and military administration bodies of the CSTO member states and help to strengthen allied relations within the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
