On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khayrulloyev took part in "Army-2022" Forum
16.08.2022A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by the Deputy Secretary General of the Organization Takhir Khayrulloyev took part in the opening of the VIII International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2022" and the VIII International Army Games, which took place on August 15, 2022, in the military-patriotic park of culture and leisure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony.
In the course of the round table held as part of the Forum on the theme: "Single contours of biological, cognitive, information, energy and food security of the countries in the conditions of sanctions wars. The CSTO, the BRICS, and the SCO - New Challenges, Prospects, and Opportunities", an exchange of views on collective security in the context of sanctions wars took place. The CSTO Secretariat's position was presented by Alexander Kuznetsov, Advisor of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats.
The materials of the round table will be published on the website of the socio-political publication "Allies. CSTO”.
