On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia has completed training courses for defense departments, law enforcement agencies and special services of the CSTO member States
15.04.2022
In the period from 1 to 14 April 2022, at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation regular VII training courses for executive staff 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 prevention and elimination of emergency situations of the CSTO member States, were held.
The specialized training program for students included a course of lectures and practical trainings 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 professors and instructors from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and the CSTO Secretariat members.
Representatives of CSTO member States were trained in accordance with the Agreement on training of military personnel for the CSTO member States.
At the completion of the course, Colonel General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, Head of the Military Academy of the General Staff, and Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, presented the students with Certificates of Professional Development in the form prescribed by Russian law.
Courses held annually significantly improve the necessary level of knowledge of executive staff and leading specialists of state authorities of the CSTO member States responsible for the development and strengthening of the collective security system, as well as contribute to strengthening allied relations within the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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