MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Council will convene on Wednesday, chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The meeting is expected to sum up the results of Russia’s presidency in the organization, outline priority areas for the future development of the CSTO and discuss pressing regional and international agenda items.

Following the summit, the CSTO leaders will issue statements on counter-terrorism and adopt the Anti-Terrorism Strategy through 2030. The unified approaches of the CSTO member states will be reflected in the event’s final declaration. Besides, participants of the summit will make decisions regarding the upgrade of air defense systems and the development of the CSTO Collective Air Forces.

Apart from that, the summit is expected to make the decision to pass the organization’s rotating presidency to Tajikistan. The country’s President Emomali Rahmon is expected to outline the priorities of his country’s presidency in the organization in 2027.

Participants and speakers

The list of the session’s expected speakers includes CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Chair Vyacheslav Volodin and head of the CSTO Coordinating Council of the Authorized Bodies of the CSTO Member States on Biological Security Anna Popova.

For the first time, Taalatbek Masadykov will take part in the summit in the capacity of the CSTO secretary general. Secretaries general of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sergey Lebedev and Nurlan Yermekbayev, have been invited to attend the plenary session as guests.

Russia’s presidency in the CSTO

Russia assumed the rotating presidency in the CSTO on January 1, 2026. It is being held under the motto: "Collective Security in a Multipolar World: Common Goal, Shared Responsibility."

As its core objectives, Moscow outlined the following issues: boosting the combat potential of national troops and equipping them with modern weapons systems; optimizing operational deployment procedures for coalition forces; developing air and air defense capabilities in the CSTO format, and improving the command and control of the Collective Forces.