On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
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 April 27 and 29, in Dushanbe, meetings of the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries Security Councils of the CSTO will be held in person
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The CMD and the CSSC will discuss challenges and threats to security in the area of responsibility of the Organization
The issues of military security, countering challenges and threats and measures to neutralize them will be discussed at meetings of the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the CSTO . The meetings will be held in person in Dushanbe.
The CMD meeting will be held on April 27, 2021 under the chairmanship of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo. Nasrullo Mahmudzoda, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, will chair the CSSC meeting on April 29, this year.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav ZAS will take part in the events and will provide information on the situation in the area of responsibility of the Organization and on the issues on the agenda.
In the course of the meetings, plans will be considered for equipping the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF), joint training of formations of the assets of the collective security system and the Plan of consultations on foreign policy, defense and security for the second half of 2021 - the first half of 2022.
Also on the agenda of the CMD and CSSC meetings is the consideration of the Action Plan dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the CSTO establishment.
Before the start of the CMD and the CSSC meetings, the Defense Ministers and Secretaries of the Security Councils are expected to be received by the Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
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 cooperation structures of the CST member states into an international regional organization - the “Collective Security Treaty Organization”, giving it an appropriate status. On 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, chairing the Organization in 2021.
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