On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
Interfax - The Head of the CSTO Staff announced the creation of NATO 12 thousandth group in Europe
31.01.2020
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Moscow. January 30. INTERFAX.RU - NATO is building up strike potential in Europe and this maintains a high level of military-political tension, said Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, the Head of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
“In fact, for several years now, in the immediate vicinity of the CSTO member states, a multinational force grouping has been maintained and is growing, comprising more than 12 thousand military personnel and about 700 units of military equipment. Most of these forces and equipment are deployed in Poland and countries of the Baltic, " Mr. Sidorov said at a news conference in Moscow on Thursday.
He said that NATO is building up its strike and offensive capabilities in Europe and is working out plans for offensive operations. According to Mr. Sidorov, it "creates the prerequisites for maintaining a high level of military-political tension in the European region and, as a result, for growing threats to security to the CSTO member states."
The CSTO representative said that in Europe, the North Atlantic Alliance "is actively modernizing its air bases and other infrastructure, aimed at expanding the capabilities to receive combat aircraft and multinational military contingents."
“The capabilities of the infrastructure of Germany, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and the Baltic countries to receive and deploy foreign troops are being tested,” Mr. Sidorov said.
The CSTO includes six states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
