On December 4, at the invitation of the Iranian side, a delegation from the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, led by Chief of the Joint Staff Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, took part in the final stage of joint anti-terrorism trainings conducted by the competent authorities of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization “Sahand-Anti-Terror 2025” in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the “BRICS+ 2025 Anti-Terrorism Conference: National and Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategies in the Context of Emerging Challenges and Security Threats”, held in Moscow.
A delegation from the CSTO Secretariat, led by the Deputy Secretary General Taalatbek Masadikov, took part from 1 to 5 December in the VIII Coordination Meeting of High-Level Representatives of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross (hereinafter referred to as the Coordination Meeting) at the ICRC headquarters in Geneva.
On December 3, 2025, the 42nd meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held with the participation of CSTO Secretariat staff, delegations from member states of the Organization, representatives of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the SCO RATS, The CIS Council of Border Guard Commanders, and the ICRC.
On November 26 and 27, 2025, Minsk hosted the International Military Scientific Conference “Applied Aspects of Scientific Activity in the Field of State Defense and Security” organized by the Research Institute of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. The event was attended by representatives of the CSTO Secretariat, the Executive Committee and Secretariat of the CIS CMD, a UN Special Rapporteur, delegations from the defense ministries of CSTO member states and a number of other countries.
Priorities for the Kyrgyz Republic's Chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in 2025
The First. In the area of foreign policy engagement.
1. Further practice of adopting joint statements on topical issues on the international and regional agenda:
— elaboration and adoption of political documents at the level of Heads of States, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representatives of the CSTO member states at various international platforms.
2. Maintaining a mechanism of regular political consultations to deepen foreign policy coordination:
— holding consultations at the level of deputy foreign ministers of the CSTO member states;
— holding consultations of the heads of press services (information units) of the foreign ministries of the CSTO member states.
3. Strengthening the role of the CSTO in maintaining peace and security:
— continuing dialogue with international organizations and third countries in areas of mutual interest;
— deepening cooperation with specialized structures of the CIS and the SCO in the fight against international terrorism;
— carrying out image work by promoting a positive image of the Organization in the media.
The Second. In the area of military cooperation.
1. Development of the military component:
— updating the documents of the Plan of the CSTO CRRF Operational Deployment and the Plan pf the CSTO CRDF Operational Deployment;
— implementation of measures under the Plan for equipping the CSTO CRRF with modern weapons, military and special equipment;
— development and deepening of the CSTO cooperation as part of the implementation of practical measures to strengthen cooperation with the CIS and the SCO;
— improving the readiness of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) components to carry out their earmarked tasks;
— organizing and conducting joint measures for operational and combat training of the CSTO collective security system's command and control bodies and the formation of forces and means.
2. Further development of the system for training military personnel and the military-scientific potential of the CSTO member states:
— utilizing the best practices gained through participation in conflict situations that have occurred (are occurring) recently;
— involvement of the CSTO base organizations in improving the military training system.
3. Development of the CSTO's peacekeeping potential:
— development and introduction of the CSTO's peacekeeping potential into UN peacekeeping activities, activation of the activities of the Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General on peacekeeping issues.
4. Improving the effectiveness of military-economic (military-technical) cooperation:
— continued work on the standardization of weapons and military equipment samples.
The Third. In the sphere of countering modern challenges and threats.
1. Improving cooperation on preventing and suppressing the use of information technologies for terrorist and extremist purposes:
— cooperation on computer incident response;
— development of cooperation within the framework of the operation to counter information technology crime “PROXY”.
2. Interaction between counter-terrorism actors of the CSTO member states within the framework of annual joint trainings to ensure their preparedness for probable terrorist attacks:
— practicing cooperation to prevent and suppress terrorist threats;
— systematic exchange of information on countering international terrorism.
3. Improving the effectiveness of measures to counter drug trafficking by harmonizing approaches and main areas of cooperation in this area:
— development of practical cooperation within the framework of the regional anti-drug operation “Channel”;
— improvement of cooperation between the competent bodies of the CSTO member states in the anti-drug sphere.
4. Discuss national strategic directions on biological security issues, as well as cooperative responses to biological security threats:
— mutual exchange of information and experience of authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on issues of ensuring biological security and biological protection;
— development of cooperation within the framework of the Coordination Council of the CSTO Authorized Bodies of the CSTO member states on biological security issues.
5. Strengthening of cooperation in the sphere of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations:
— continuation of cooperation within the CSTO Coordination Council for Emergency Situations;
— development of practical cooperation in the field of prevention and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations.
The Fourth. Within the parliamentary dimension.
1. Maintaining constructive cooperation on the whole range of issues within the competence of the CSTO PA:
— further work to harmonize the legislation of the CSTO member states by developing thematic model legislative acts and recommendations.
2. Development of inter-parliamentary cooperation with parliamentary structures of other states and international organizations.
The Fifth. In the area of analytical and predictive component.
1. Coordinate the efforts of the civilian scientific and expert community:
— consolidation of the expert potential of leading state scientific institutions and higher education organizations in order to improve the quality of monitoring, analysis, assessment and forecasting of the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility in the context of contemporary challenges and threats;
— analyzing the influence of subversive destructive ideology in the youth environment for further development of a set of measures to suppress them.