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.
THE 4TH OF JULY - PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE CSTO ACTING SECRETARY GENERAL VALERY SEMERIKOV
01.07.2019
In May-June of this year, in Bishkek, a series of intersessional meetings of the CSTO authorized organs - the Council of Ministers of Defense, the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils were held. During these meetings important documents relating to the development of the Organization military component, the creation of a crisis response system were signed, and a public message to the foreign ministers of the NATO countries on enhancing mutual trust and cooperation was made.
Valery Semerikov will also tell about the results of special operations that are conducted in the CSTO format, in particular, such as a complex of operational and preventive measures under the code name “Mercenary” ("Naemnik"), "Illegal" (“Nelegal”), and the international counter-drug operation “Channel” ("Kanal").
The CSTO includes the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan.
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