On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
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).
Contingents of the Central Asian region's Collective Rapid Deployment Forces are heading to the Republic of Tajikistan to participate in the joint training “Rubezh-2022”
From October 10 to 21, 2022, joint training "Rubezh-2022" with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region is held on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The subject of the training is "Preparation and conduct of combat operations by the CRDF CAR on destroying illegal armed groups invading the territory of a CSTO member state”.
The active phase of the training will take place at the “Harbmaidon” training range from 17 to 21 October.
Military contingents of the member states of the Central Asian region of the CSTO, task forces of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat will take part in the training.
It is planned that the total number of training participants in the Republic of Tajikistan will be about 1,000 people and more than 300 units of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters and strike drones.
The CSTO member states of the Central Asian region of collective security include in national formations (contingents) of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces military formations, units and subunits of the armed forces and other troops, formations and bodies in which military service is stipulated, equipped with highly mobile military equipment, interoperable weapons and communication systems, as well as combat, logistics and technical support units and groups of civil specialists.
The main tasks of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of collective security are to participate in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counterterrorist operations.
These tasks are carried out in the form of general and special combat operations of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of collective security according to a unified concept and plan.
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Joint press center of the CSTO trainings