From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
FEBRUARY 2 - ONLINE - BRIEFING OF THE CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL STANISLAV ZAS
25.01.2021"The military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it, the results of the CSTO activities in 2020 and the tasks for 2021"
On February 2, 2021, at 12.00 Moscow time, the press center of the TASS news agency will host an online briefing by the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas on the topic “The military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it, the results of the CSTO activities in 2020 and the tasks for 2021” with video connection of media representatives by prior accreditation.
At the end of 2020, meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies were held - the Collective Security Council, the Council of Ministers of Defense, the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils, at which an assessment of the military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it at present was given, important documents were signed concerning the coordination of the CSTO's foreign policy activities, the development of the military component of the Organization and countering modern challenges and threats. The CSTO Collective Security Council Declaration was adopted, tasks were set to implement the Organization's priorities in 2021.
Stanislav Zas will also inform about important steps to develop the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces to participate in peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the UN.
The CSTO includes the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and the Republic of Tajikistan.
Accreditation is available through the press center of the TASS news agency.
Tel: +7 (499) 791-03-87, +7 (903) 284-25-41. Media representatives can take part in the event remotely by prior accreditation. To do this, when registering, one must specify the personal mobile phone number to which the WhatsApp application is linked.
The broadcast will be available on the TASS news agency website on the announcement page and the CSTO website odkb-csto.orgodkb-csto.org, as well as in the press center of the TASS news agency group on Facebook and on the CSTO's official accounts:
Twitter https://twitter.com/CSTO_ODKB
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/odkbcsto
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/odkb2018/
VKontakte https://vk.com/odkb_csto_odkb
Odnoklassniki https://ok.ru/profile/580323850915
Yandex.Zen https://zen.yandex.ru/id/5d887be19c94465af4ba9b3a
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7-495-795-27-10
+7-495-621-33-23-tel
E-mail: odkb-pressa@gov.ru
