CSTO Secretary General Meets With Belarusian Foreign Minister in Minsk

Taalatbek Masadykov, CSTO Secretary General, met with Maxim Ryzhenkov, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

The parties discussed a large number of international issues pertaining to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility. Taalatbek Masadykov reported on the progress of the Action Plan for the implementation of the decisions of the CSTO CSC session in November 2025 and the implementation of the Organization’s priority activities during Russia’s chairmanship.

Among the main areas of joint work, the Secretary General named preparations for the upcoming meetings of the statutory bodies and the International scientific and practical conference organized by the CSTO Secretariat on the topic "The Outlines of New Collective Security Architecture: Current Issues of the CSTO Information and Analytical Partnership," which will take place on April 27 at MGIMO. 

Particular attention was paid to the task of establishing a Eurasian Analytical Platform under the auspices of CSTO—a format for regular cooperation between the scientific and expert communities of the Organization’s Member States.