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.
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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