On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
The Republic of Kazakhstan hosts "Search-2022" training of reconnaissance units of the armed forces of the CSTO member states
05.10.2022
Intelligence agencies and units of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states participate in a special training "Search-2022".
The joint training takes place at the “Matybulak” and “Gvardeysky” training ranges in Zhambyl Oblast.
According to the plan of the training "Search-2022" command bodies and contingent units will practice actions to localize an armed conflict in the CSTO region of collective security.
In the course of the training, in order to deploy a group of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces and prepare for a joint operation, continuous reconnaissance was organized, taking into account the rapidly changing situation.
In implementing the decision taken by the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces commander, scouts will be tasked with identifying enemy detachments bypassing them using special reconnaissance equipment.
The purpose of the special training is to improve interaction between command and control bodies, increase the level of field training, interoperability and coherence of reconnaissance units.
