Delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by the Deputy Secretary General of the Organization will take part in the 13th international meeting of high representatives in charge of security issues.
On May 13, 2025, the 41st meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization's member states and representatives of the UNOCT, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the CIS Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops and the ICRC.
Today, in Moscow's Red Square, parade dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was attended by ceremonial regiments of the armed forces of the CSTO member states.
Officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of military contingents from the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan marched through the main square of the Russian Federation in single formation with the Russian by ceremonial regiments. The sequence of their march was determined by alphabetical order.
On April 25, 2025 in the Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia took place a solemn graduation of representatives of the senior staff of law enforcement agencies and services of the CSTO member states: the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, who improved their qualification in the form of specialized training on the topic “Training of personnel and leading specialists for law enforcement agencies and services of the CSTO member states”.
28 April is the Day of Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. We recall that on 28 April 2003. in the city of Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for the implementation of the tasks of the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted a decision on the establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
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National security is an integral part of the sovereignty and independence of any state. Even Napoleon in his days rightly noted that those who were reluctant to feed their own army should feed a foreign army. Not all countries can solve the problem of securing their borders on their own with their own resources. And so they enter into various unions and alliances of a military nature.
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was founded on October 7, 2002 as a result of the signing of a corresponding agreement in Chisinau in order to protect the member states from any aggressive influences against them. Currently, the members of the organization are the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan.
One of the most important decisions of the CSTO was the creation of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CRDF), which have positively proven themselves in the organization's repeated joint trainings. They showed a high level of combat training and good coordination of actions of the CRDF.
The CSTO, like any ambitious international organization, is interested in the acquisition of new members in its ranks. Participation in this promising bloc promises potential newcomers many preferences: the possibility of joint development in the defense sphere, modernization of its own armed forces and the military-industrial complex, and reliable protection of its own borders.
The latter is the most important, since there are many areas of concern in the CSTO's zone of operation that risk escalating into large-scale military conflicts. Afghanistan, which is the main source of problems in Central Asia, stands apart here. It is from there that the great threat comes in the form of drug trafficking and international terrorism. The government of this country is trying to solve its problems, including with the help of the CSTO, where Afghanistan is already listed as an observer. And certain successes, in the form of reducing drug trafficking to Europe and reducing terrorist tensions, have already been achieved.
One of the key provisions of the organization is that aggression towards one member is equivalent to an attack on the entire bloc. In this regard, both the situation in Central Asia and the "flashpoint areas" in the Middle East only increase the importance of the CSTO for the organization's neighbors in these regions. It is especially important for them to work closely with the CSTO. After all, alone they will not be able to withstand the threats hanging over them.
The CSTO is a very organic formation and its members have never conflicted with each other. Also, not a single act of aggression against other states was recorded during the entire existence of this bloc. Nevertheless, the organization seeks to build up its potential and develop, work is underway to attract new members to its ranks. The CSTO, due to its geographical position, acts as a kind of gateway between Europe and Asia. And given everything that is been happening within the territory of the former Soviet Union in recent years, it is extremely important for the whole of Eurasia that this gateway remains strong and in safe.
