From 21 to 25 April this year, the CSTO Secretariat is holding an annual training course for representatives of the CSTO member states without military status.
The meeting was held in the city of Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff under the chairmanship of Viktor Zinoviev, Secretary of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation (ICMEC, Commission).
From April 7 to 10, 2025 on the basis of the Park-Hotel “Ognikovo” of Istrinsky district of Moscow region, the XXII International seminar-meeting on complex martial arts with the heads of combat and physical training of power ministries and departments of the CSTO member states took place.
On April 11, 2025, in Dushanbe, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Tajik Defense Minister Emomali Sobirzoda, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan Rahmon Yusuf Ahmadzoda and the First Deputy Chairman - Commander of Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan Murodali Rajab Rajabzoda.
The CSTO Courses were held at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
25.04.2023
In the period from 3 to 25 April 2023, at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the VIII regular training courses for senior personnel and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security councils, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized in the field of emergency prevention and response of the CSTO member states with the status of military servicemen in accordance with national law, were held (hereinafter – the CSTO Courses).
A specialized program for students conducted a course of lectures and practical exercises on politico-military issues, crisis response to contemporary challenges and threats, military cooperation in the CSTO format, as well as on military strategy, military governance and military economics. The training sessions were conducted by the teaching staff of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, members of the CSTO Secretariat and servicemen of the CSTO Joint Staff.
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.
During the debriefing with the Deputy Head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Arkady Stanislavovich Korzhevsky and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Sheralievich Khairulloyev, the students were presented with certificates of advanced training in the form prescribed by Russian law.
The CSTO Courses held annually significantly improve the level of knowledge of senior personnel and leading specialists of state and military administration bodies of the CSTO member states and contribute to strengthening allied relations within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
