On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
The newly appointed CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas got to work
09.01.2020
On January 9, this year, Stanislav V. ZAS, appointed by the CSTO Collective Security Council to the post of Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, got to work.
Given that in 2020 Russia presides over the CSTO, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin introduced the new Secretary General of the Organization to the CSTO Secretariat.
Addressing the Secretariat staff, Stanislav ZAS said that the appointment of the CSTO Secretary General is a great honor and great responsibility for him. “I see my main task in honestly and in good faith fulfilling my responsibilities, guided exclusively by the interests of ensuring collective security, so that the CSTO can serve its member states and their peoples even more effectively,” said the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav ZAS.
Brief biographical information
ZAS Stanislav Vasilievich
He was born in 1964 in the Chernihiv region in Ukraine. In 1985, he graduated with honors from the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School, in 1996 graduated with honors and a gold medal from the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus, in 2005 graduated with honors and a gold medal from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He is a Candidate of Military Sciences.
He served in various positions in the Armed Forces. The military rank is lieutenant general.
On August 29, 2008, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus, he was appointed to the position of Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. In November 2015, he was appointed to the position of State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.
From January 1, 2020, by decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, he was appointed to the post of Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for a period of three years.
He was awarded the Order of the Fatherland III degree and many medals.
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