23.10.2026

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.

23.10.2026

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.

23.10.2026

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.


21.10.2026

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).

21.10.2026

Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.

The exhibition MILEX 2019 will become a platform for the development of dialogue and business partnership of the CSTO member states

13.05.2019

As part of the business program of the IX International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment “MILEX 2019”, on May 16, 2019, a joint meeting of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation on military-economic (technical) cooperation in the format of the CSTO, Belarusian and Russian national parts of the Inter-state Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the CSTO with the participation of representatives of enterprises and organizations of the defense sector of the economy of Belarus and the defense industry of Russia.

Выставка «MILEX 2019» станет платформой для развития диалога и делового партнерства государств – членов ОДКБ

In addition, on May 16 and 17, in the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military and Economic Cooperation format, the MILEX 2019 exhibition center will host meetings of the Business Council at the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military and Economic Cooperation and the Coordination Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on advertising and exhibition activities.

The meetings will include participation of Acting CSTO Secretary General Valery Semerikov, Deputy CSTO Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski, Deputy Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Head of the Belarusian National Part of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military and Economic Cooperation Dmitry Pantus, Chairman of the Board of the Military Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation on Military and Economic (technical) cooperation in the CSTO format, Mikhail Osyka, leaders and members of the delegations of the CSTO member states.

During the meetings, it is planned to discuss issues of further raising the level of military-economic cooperation, development of cooperation and integration relations of enterprises and organizations of defense industries of the CSTO member states in the development, production, repair, modernization and utilization of military products, development of cooperation in the implementation of mutual supplies of civilian products, as well as increasing the level of interaction in the field of advertising and exhibition activities and adding to the organizers of the national expositions of preferential conditions for participation in exhibitions in the CSTO member states.

The Collective Security Treaty (CST) was signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent. On May 14, 2002, the Collective Security Council at a session in Moscow decided to transform the mechanisms and structures of cooperation of the CST member states into an international regional organization - the Collective Security Treaty Organization, giving it an appropriate status. September 18, 2003, the CSTO Charter entered into force. The Collective Security Treaty Organization includes: the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan.


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