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On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
The heads of the special police units of the CSTO member states and the Rosgvardia allocated to the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces in Yekaterinburg held a training and methodical gathering as part of the exercise “The Indestructible Brotherhood -2018”
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During the gathering, the special unit commanders exchanged experience of participation in international peacekeeping missions, discussed improving the training methods for police units, as well as developing common approaches and views on the use of special police units and Rosgvardia of the CSTO member states as part of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces - combat (operational-service) tasks.
The Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO, Piotr Tsikhanouski, in his speech to the participants of the meeting, noted that such an event was held for the first time. “This is a new page in the history of the CSTO. The composition of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO on the “Indestructible Brotherhood - 2018” exercise includes various units - military, police, Rosgvardiya, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as well as observers from international organizations such as the UN International Committee of the Red Cross. Here at the assembly you are the commanding staff of special units. We believe that today it is the main contingent that is primarily in demand in peacekeeping operations conducted under the auspices of the UN Security Council, ”said the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO.
The military adviser, the UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, Lieutenant General Carlos Umberto Loyta (Uruguay), who arrived in the Sverdlovsk region and the city of Yekaterinburg to observe the active phase of the “Indestructible Brotherhood - 2018” exercise, participated in the training camp.
He said that the interaction between the two international organizations - the UN and the CSTO in the field of peacemaking is developing and now requires the development of joint legislative, logistical and operational bases; a “Road Map” has already been prepared. “We are ready to provide expert advice in this direction, based on practical activities. And we are ready to work with the CSTO in various models of partnership in such an important area as peacemaking, ”said Carlos Lloth.
Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Piotr Tsikhanouski noted that the colleagues from the UN are great specialists in the field of peacekeeping operations, their military and police component and have extensive practical experience. He suggested that the participants in the gathering should not miss the opportunity to get answers from the UN specialists to all their questions.
The interaction of the commanding staff of the special units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Police / Rosgvardia) of the CSTO member states and the specialists of the UN peacekeeping operations in the form of a “round table” was the final event of the training and methodological gathering.
A joint exercise with the CSTO “Indestructible Brotherhood-2018” peacekeeping forces takes place in the Sverdlovsk region from October 30 to November 2. The exercise involves military contingents from six CSTO member states, operational teams of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, the Rosgvardiya, police (police) forces and Civil Defense and Emergencies.
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