On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
The Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the XIII Meeting of the Heads of National Anti-Terrorism Centers of the CIS Member States
18.02.2020
On February 18, 2020, the Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the XIII Meeting of Heads (Heads of Staff) of the National Anti-Terrorism Centers of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States held in Moscow. The meeting addressed a wide range of issues of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism, factors affecting the security of states at the present stage, a forecast for the development of the situation in the short term, and priority areas for cooperation in the anti-terrorism sphere.
Addressing the meeting participants, Valery Semerikov assessed the level of terrorist threats in the CSTO area of responsibility, informed about the measures taken by the Organization to neutralize them as part of the relevant Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council in October (2016). The CSTO Deputy Secretary General said that based on the assessment of terrorist threats emanating from foreign terrorist fighters, as well as the spread of terrorist ideology via the Internet, special attention should be paid to the category of CSTO citizens returning from combat zones, focusing on their rehabilitation. In addition, Mr.Semerikov pointed out, the implementation of preventive measures among convicted members of banned terrorist organizations in order to prevent the recruitment of new members of terrorist organizations in places of serving their sentences is of particular relevance.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General emphasized the need to step up collective international efforts to counter terrorism and spread terrorist ideology based on the implementation of the UN Security Council anti-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. At the same time, he praised the CSTO's regional cooperation with the CIS ATC, carried out on the basis of the 2011 Memorandum and the 2018 Tripartite Memorandum between the CIS ATC, SCO RATS and the CSTO Secretariat, within which a permanent expert group was created and operates.
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