On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
From July 7 to 9, second staff talks were held in the Russian Federation on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) command-and-staff exercise “Interaction-2026”, the special reconnaissance exercise “Poisk-2026”, and the logistics support exercise “Echelon-2026”.
In accordance with the 2026 Action Plan of the Coordinating Council of Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO Member States, and as part of the Russian Federation's priorities during its 2026 CSTO Chairmanship, the sub-regional counter-narcotics operation “Kanal – Amber Coast” was conducted from June 29 to July 3, 2026. The operation was aimed at disrupting trafficking routes for narcotic drugs, their precursors and analogues, new psychoactive substances, and potent substances into the CSTO area of responsibility, neutralizing international transnational drug trafficking groups, dismantling clandestine drug production facilities, undermining the economic foundations of the drug trade, including the laundering of drug proceeds.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas held telephone conversations with the secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO member states on the situation with the coronavirus pandemic in the Organization’s area of responsibility
03.04.2020During the conversation, an exchange of views took place on the epidemiological situation in each state that is part of the Organization. The measures taken to counteract the spread of coronavirus, as well as minimize its consequences were discussed.
It was noted that all countries, except the Republic of Tajikistan, came to the stage of peak indicators of the spread of the epidemic, while the situation was difficult but controlled everywhere. “The effectiveness of such control is achieved by the timely application of restrictive and preventive measures taken by governments, health authorities, sanitary and epidemiological inspection service and the competent authorities of the CSTO member states,” Stanislav Zas said. He drew attention to the fact that in the Republic of Tajikistan until now not a single case of infection with coronavirus has been officially recorded.,
The conversation took place with the secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO member states: the Republic of Armenia - Armen Grigoryan, the Republic of Belarus - Andrei Ravkov, the Republic of Kazakhstan - Asset Issekeshev, the Kyrgyz Republic - Damir Sagynbaev, the Russian Federation - Nikolai Patrushev, the Republic of Tajikistan - Nasrullo Mahmudzoda.
The CSTO Secretary General said that the partners in conversation agreed to continue consultations in order to develop collective response measures in the event of a sharp deterioration in the epidemiological situation in the CSTO area of responsibility.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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