On July 4, 2025, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat visited the Central Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation "Patriot".
The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
Stanislav Zas in an interview with RT TV Channel: the CSTO welcomes China's desire to expand cooperation with the Organization
The Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas said in an interview with RT TV Channel, that the CSTO welcomed China's desire to expand cooperation with the organization.
"As for China, yes, I have also heard this statement. We welcome if there is such a desire to interact with the CSTO, if there is such an interest," he said.
Zas added that the CSTO and China have the same approaches to many issues on the international agenda and security.
He noted that China had a balanced and independent position in world politics.
According to him, the CSTO is open for interaction and cooperation with China.
Earlier, Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, said that China was ready to promote cooperation with the CSTO.
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