On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
The CSTO Military Committee will discuss the challenges and threats to the military security of the CSTO member states on November 19
17.11.2020
On November 19, 2020, the 17th meeting of the Military Committee on the development of military cooperation of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held via videoconferencing.
The meeting under the supervision of the Chairman of the Military Committee, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, is planned to be attended by the Chiefs of General Staffs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Tajikistan, the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff. The event is planned to be attended by the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski.
The meeting of the Military Committee will discuss challenges and threats to military security in the regions of collective security, the main directions for the development of military cooperation of the CSTO member states in the medium term, as well as issues of joint training of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in 2021.
Members of the Military Committee will be informed about the working meetings of representatives of the medical services of the defense departments of the CSTO member states and about the results of the first stage of comprehensive research work aimed at improving the CSTO Collective Military Air Forces.
