On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.
On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”
An extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held
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On October 28, 2022, an extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held via videoconferencing, preceded by consultations of the foreign ministers of the Organization's member states.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the session.
ВDuring the session the information of the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas on the work of the Organization’s Mission, sent to the Republic of Armenia on September 15, 2022 by the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council in connection with the deteriorating situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, where at night on September 13, 2022 there were clashes with the use of heavy weapons and strike drones, which resulted in numerous casualties, was heard.
The members of the Collective Security Council, reaffirming the Organization's commitment to strengthening peace, international and regional security and stability, the collective defense of the independence and territorial integrity and sovereignty of the CSTO member states, discussed the current situation in the region and joint measures to assist the Republic of Armenia.
There was a firm conviction that the existing contradictions and contentious issues had to be resolved by political and diplomatic means, including in line with the agreements set out in the trilateral statements adopted on 9 November 2020, 11 January 2021 and 26 November 2021 by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the President of Russia and the President of Azerbaijan.
At the end of the session, members of the CSTO Collective Security Council made a number of proposals to finalize drafts of relevant decisions.
