13.02.2026

On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.

13.02.2026

CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.

12.02.2026

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.

12.02.2026

On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”

11.02.2026
On 11 February 2026, a meeting took place at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Savenkov. The meeting was also attended by Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuri Shuvalov and Chief Research Fellow of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Alexandrov.

RIA Novosti news agency: the CSTO proposes to include its peacekeepers to the UN missions

02.12.2020

Аллея флагов возле здания ООН в Женеве - РИА Новости, 1920, 02.12.2020

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MOSCOW, December 2 - RIA Novosti news agency.  The Organization's Secretary General Stanislav Zas  told reporters on Wednesday  that the CSTO intended to join the UN peacekeeping operations in the future. 

The CSTO Peacekeeping Forces include about 3.6 thousand people. At the moment, they are not used anywhere. Only Russia has sent peacekeepers to  Nagorno-Karabakh the CSTO has no relevance to this mission.
ZVF_6213.JPG"Today, a number of documents important for our activities in various fields have been approved. These are several documents on the development of our peacekeeping potential and further steps to join the UN peacekeeping activities," Zas said following the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council.
According to him, the heads of the CSTO member states agreed that further "we apply the UN work scheme through the coordinating state of the CSTO, which on behalf of our organization will engage our peacekeeping potential in the UN operation."

The heads of the CSTO countries have determined the basic organization of the CSTO for the training of peacekeeping personnel, taking into account the standards and characteristics of the UN.

The composition of the Peacekeeping Forces has been clarified in order to increase their attractiveness specifically for participation in UN operations - in particular, a medical detachment is included, which will be formed on the basis of the Burdenko hospital.


Президент РФ Владимир Путин проводит сессию Совета коллективной безопасности ОДКБ - РИА Новости, 1920, 02.12.2020


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The CSTO will continue the course of cooperation with international organizations.






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