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.
On October 12–13, 2018, a visiting session of the Coordination Meeting of the chairmen of defense and security committees of the CSTO member states under the CSTO PA Council was held in Cholpon-Ata
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In Cholpon-Ata, a retreat was held at the Coordination Meeting of the chairmen of the defense and security committees (commissions) of the parliaments of the CSTO member states under the PA CSTO Council.
The meeting was chaired by the Chairman of the Coordination Meeting, the Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Defense, Vladimir Shamanov.
The parliamentarians heard and discussed the report of the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Piotr Tsikhanouski, “Military Cooperation of the CSTO Member States: Status and Prospects for Development” and information from the consultant of the Department of Political Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretariat, Alexander Vinidiktov CSTO format.
The meeting heard a report by the Chairman of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee on Defense and Security, Vice-Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Anatoly Vyborny on the results of the exit meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly on Defense and Security and parliamentary monitoring of military issues Political Situation in the East European Collective Security Region B (23–24 May 2018, Brest, Republic of Belarus).
The Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, Asylbek Kozhobekov, informed the meeting participants about the state of ensuring national security in the Kyrgyz Republic and countering new challenges and threats.
Member of the Majilis Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan for International Affairs, Defense and Security Abay Tasbulatov informed the participants about the progress in the implementation of the priorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan during the chairmanship of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Anatoly Sidorov reported on command and staff exercises with military contingents of the Collective Operational Response Forces of the CSTO "Cooperation-2018" (within the framework of the joint operational-strategic exercise "Combat Brotherhood-2018").
Members of the Coordination Meeting visited the testing center of JSC Ulan in Karakol, took part as observers at a command and staff exercise with military contingents of the Collective Operational Response Forces of the CSTO “Cooperation-2018” (as part of the joint operational-strategic exercise “Combat fraternity - 2018 ") in the center of combat training" Edelweiss "of Balykchy and met with the leadership of the exercises.
