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.
Announcement of the meeting of Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representatives to the CSTO with representatives of parliaments
04.09.2025
On September 5, 2025, in St. Petersburg, a working meeting of Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representatives to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) with plenipotentiary representatives of the parliaments of the CSTO member states in the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and the CSTO PA Secretariat will take place.
Main topics for discussion:
⦁The practice and directions of interaction between the CSTO statutory bodies and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly;
⦁The progress of ratification of international treaties concluded within the framework of the CSTO;
⦁ Formation of a draft Program of activities of the CSTO PA for the convergence and harmonization of the national legislation of the CSTO member states for 2026-2030;
⦁ Cooperation with international organizations and expansion of the number of CSTO observers and partners;
⦁ Participation of members of the CSTO Permanent Council in the upcoming meeting of the Chairmen of the parliamentary committees on international relations, defense and security in Moscow in February 2026;
⦁ Current issues of institutionalization of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and the progress of the draft Agreement on the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
The following people will participate in the discussion: Sergey Valerievich Pospelov, Executive Secretary of the CSTO PA; Alexander Evgenievich Grinevich, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO; Marat Zenikenovich Syzdykov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the CSTO; Mirlan Ermekovich Turgunbekov, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the CSTO, Chairman of the Permanent Council of the CSTO; Viktor Lvovich Vasiliev, Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian Federation to the CSTO; Jamshed Nurullo Saidzoda, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the CSTO; Kirill Yuryevich Golub, Head of the Legal Department of the CSTO Secretariat; Igor Nikolaevich Panarin, Consultant to the Department of Political Cooperation of the CSTO Secretariat, as well as the leadership and plenipotentiary representatives of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly.
The working meeting will be held on September 5 from 11:00 to 12:00 at 53 Shpalernaya str., Parliamentary Center, Saint Petersburg.
Additional information: +7 958 859 26 84, Natalia.
