MOSCOW, May 26. /TASS/. The first International Security Forum, held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, has opened in Russia on Tuesday. Hundreds of participants from 120 countries will spend four days discussing various aspects of security, the protection of traditional values, and countering neo-colonialism and neo-Nazism.
CSTO meeting
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Sergey Shoigu will begin the work program with a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which will bring together his colleagues from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. They plan to review the "military-political situation in the CSTO collective security regions and the organization’s activities during the intersessional period." "Given the Russian Federation’s CSTO presidency from January 1, 2026, partners will be updated on the progress of Russia’s priority activities in the organization in 2026, in accordance with the plan approved by Vladimir Putin, Chairman of the Collective Security Council," the press service of the Russian Security Council reported. According to the press service, the signing of "a number of decisions aimed at improving the collective security system and the activities of the CSTO Secretariat" is expected.
