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 V meeting of the Interstate Working Group on the Creation of the Unified System of Technical Coverage of Railways of the CSTO Member States was concluded
Today, on June 20, the V meeting of the Interstate Working Group on the Creation of the Unified System of Technical Coverage of Railways of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was concluded in the Kyrgyz Republic.
During the meeting, in the village of Chok-Tal, Issyk-Kul oblast, representatives of the republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan and Russia heard reports from members of the group on the results of work on planning and organizing measures to provide technical cover for the railroads of CSTO member states. In a constructive manner, the members of the interstate working group have exchanged views on resolving the most important issues of technical coverage of railroads and discussed the prospects for further close cooperation between the ministries and departments concerned in order to organize uninterrupted operation of the railway transport of the CSTO member states.
The V meeting of the Interstate Working Group on the Creation of a Unified System of Technical Coverage of Railways of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was concluded with the signing of a protocol by representatives of the CSTO member states.
