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.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the CSTO member states will be held on April 30 in Bishkek
26.04.2019April 30th, 2019, In Bishkek a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held under the chairmanship of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic Major General Rayimberdi Duishenbiev. Acting CSTO Secretary General Valery Semerikov and Chief of the Joint Staff of the CSTO Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov will take part in the meeting.
The meeting will be held in a narrow and extended composition. The heads of defense departments will discuss challenges and threats to military security in the Central Asian collective security region, joint actions to reduce tensions in the Tajik-Afghan border area and also consider a Collective Action Plan of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy for 2019-2021.
During the plenary session it is planned to review a number of documents relating to the joint preparation of the CSTO collective security authorities and means for the next year, including the Informational Interaction Regulations of CSTO Crisis Response Center, Consultation plan for representatives of member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on foreign policy, security and defense issues in the second half of 2019 - the first half of 2020.
It is also expected to adopt the CSTO Council of Ministers of Defense on the establishment of a Working Group at the Council of Ministers of Defense of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the logistics of the CSTO Troops (CSTO Collective Forces).
About 15 questions were included in the draft agenda of the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Defense.
The Collective Security Treaty was signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent. On May 14, 2002, the Collective Security Council at a session in Moscow decided to transform the mechanisms and cooperation structures of the Collective Security Treaty member states into an international regional organization - the “Collective Security Treaty Organization”, giving it an appropriate status. On September 18, 2003, The CSTO Charter entered into force. The Collective Security Treaty Organization includes the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan.
Media accreditation is being held to cover the event. Applications should be submitted to the press service of the General Staff of the Kyrgyz Republic: telephone for information: +996-312-62-06-72, +996-312-66-15-10, +996-703-70-55-70, +996-553-25-01-26, +996-556-55-78-23
CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov
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