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 Collective Security Council session will be held in Minsk on November 23
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A session of the CSTO Collective Security Council (CSC) under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will be held in Minsk on November 23, 2023.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov will make a report on the results of the CSTO's activities during the intersessional period. The CSC members will discuss topical problems of international and regional security, define the tasks ahead, and adopt a number of documents aimed at ensuring the interests of collective security.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is expected to present the priority areas of activity during the Kazakhstan's chairmanship of the CSTO.
On the eve of the session of the Collective Security Council, on November 22, 2023, a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the CSTO will be held.
