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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
The XXII meeting of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation was held
20.09.2024
The XXII meeting of the Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held in Bishkek (the Kyrgyz Republic) on 20 September 2024.
The meeting participants have reviewed the results of the Commission's work on the implementation of the decisions of the XXI ICWEC meeting held in April last year in Dushanbe. Based on the results of the exchange of views, a number of important decisions were adopted on the further development of military-economic cooperation in the CSTO format.
In particular, agreement has been completed on the draft Concept for the development of cooperation and integration ties between enterprises and organizations of the defense-industrial (military-industrial) complexes of the member states. The draft decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council on this issue after it interstate coordination in the CSTO member states will be submitted in accordance with the established procedure by the CSTO Collective Security Council.
Decisions have been taken on the establishment of an interstate system for cataloguing supplies for the armed forces of the CSTO member states and on the mutual protection of rights to the results of intellectual activity obtained and used in the course of military-economic cooperation within the CSTO.
The Commission approved the List of international exhibitions to be held in 2025-2026, at which expositions of military, dual-use and special-purpose products and technologies of the CSTO member states may be formed.
In connection with the forthcoming anniversary of the activities of the CSTO Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation in June 2025 - the 20th anniversary of its establishment - it was decided to hold in 2025 the CSTO Second Military-Economic Conference with a view to summing up the results of the work over the past period and defining tasks for the further development of military-economic cooperation in the Organization's format.
The Commission's Work Plan for 2025 was also approved.
It was decided to hold the next XXIII ICWEC meeting in September-October 2025 in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Очередное ХХIII заседание МКВЭС решено провести в сентябре –октябре 2025 года в Республике Казахстан.
