On 20 December, a joint training session was held between the duty shifts of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the command posts of the defense and emergency ministries of the Organization's member states.
On 10 and 11 December, the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted videoconference consultations of representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states on the organization of joint training activities in 2026 for the CSTO collective security system's command and control bodies and formations.
On December 11, 2024, Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General and Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General for Peacekeeping, held a meeting with the delegation of the Monitoring Group (MG) of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees 1267/1989/2253 on ISIS and “Al-Qaeda” and 1988 on the Taliban Movement.
On December 11, 2024, the 40th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. Ordabayev and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General T. Masadykov. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization's member states and representatives of the UNOCT, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the SCO RATS, and the ICRC.
Extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council discussed the situation in connection with the sharp deterioration in certain areas on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan
06.09.2022Military contingents of the CSTO member States participate in the active phase of the “East-2022” training
The active phase of the "East-2022" strategic command post training with the participation of military contingents from the CSTO member States is under way at the Sergeevskiy training range in Primorsky Krai. In the course of the training, defensive and offensive operations are being practiced.
According to the commander of the coalition grouping of troops (forces) Vladimir Omeljanovich, "the main feature of the “East-2022” strategic command post training is the creation of a coalition grouping of troops (forces), which is designed to prepare and conduct a joint special operation to ensure peace and security.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin observed the training.
The "East-2022" strategic command post training is held from 1 to 7 September 2022 under the charge of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with practical training of defensive and offensive actions at seven training ranges of the East Military District: Burduny, Goryachi Klyuchi, Knyaze-Volkonsky, Lagunnoye, Sergeevsky, Telemba, and Uspenovsky, as well as in the water areas and coastal zones of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.More than 50,000 servicemen, more than 5,000 units of armament and military equipment, including 140 aircraft, 60 warships, boats and support vessels are involved in the "East-2022" strategic command post training.