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.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
Interfax - The Head of the CSTO Staff announced the creation of NATO 12 thousandth group in Europe
31.01.2020
https://www.interfax.ru/world/693331
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.
