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.
On 25 April this year, the CSTO Secretariat completed the annual training course for representatives of Collective Security Treaty Organization member states that do not have the status of military personnel.
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.
