The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. CSTO Secretariat representative Igor Panarin took part in the event.
Acting Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov will speak at the session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna
11.03.2019The session will analyze current trends in the field of drug trafficking, discuss global issues of countering illicit drug trafficking, will address the problems of preventing non-medical use of new psychoactive substances, treating and rehabilitating drug addicts, and expanding international cooperation in the anti-drug field.
In his speech at the session, Valery Semerikov focuses the meeting on the organization of work in the CSTO format on countering illicit drug trafficking, including on the results of the annual Canal operation, which received international recognition among experts from many countries and specialized structures of regional and international organizations . A separate theme of the presentation will be the issue of organizing interaction and strengthening mechanisms for international cooperation in anti-drug activities.
On the “margins” of the meeting, there will be working meetings of V. Semerikov with the leadership of UNODC, CARICC, high representatives of law enforcement agencies of the Member States of the Organization included in the Coordination Council of the heads of the competent authorities for combating illicit drug trafficking (CSPN) of the CSTO.
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