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.
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger will visit the CSTO Secretariat and take part in the meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
22.04.2019April 25th of this year CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov will meet with Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Thomas Greminger, who is on a visit to the Russian Federation.
During the visit, Mr.Greminger will visit the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization by agreement of the parties. The participation of Thomas Greming in the meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council is envisaged. The CSTO Acting Secretary General Mr. Semerikov will have a talk with him, during which the sides will exchange views on a wide range of issues of mutual interest, discuss issues of bilateral cooperation, interaction of organizations in countering contemporary challenges and threats.
CSTO relations with the OSCE have been steadily developing in recent decades. Mr.Greminger, who has held the post of OSCE Secretary General since July 2017, will visit the CSTO Secretariat in this capacity for the third time. Regular contacts between the two organizations at various levels contribute to the improvement of mutual understanding and the development of a constructive dialogue in the interests of de-escalating tensions, strengthening security and stability in Europe.
Media representatives are invited to cover the event. Media accreditation before 4 pm April 24, 2019 by e-mail odkb-pressa@gov.ru
Address: Moscow, Sverchkov Lane, 3/3 building 1. Beginning at 10.00 on 04/25/2019, the media passage from 9.00 Moscow time.
CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov
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