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.
CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachaturov met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greming on September 20, 2017 in New York
21.09.2017On September 20, 2017, the Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Yu.G. Khachaturov, on the margins of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, met with the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Thomas Greminger.
In the conversation that took place - the first after their appointment to their posts - the issues of interaction between the two Organizations in ensuring peace and stability in the regions of their responsibility were discussed. Noting with satisfaction the ongoing development of contacts between the CSTO and OSCE Secretariats in recent years, the parties confirmed that there is a serious potential for expanding cooperation, primarily in the priority direction for both Organizations to counter contemporary challenges and threats.
The interlocutors exchanged views on a number of specific projects on the anti-terrorism and anti-drug tracks. Agreed to continue contacts.
