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.
Joint Staff Delegation of the CSTO Participates in the 12th Meeting of Heads of Border Services of SCO Member States
21.07.2026
On July 17, a delegation of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization took part in the 12th Meeting of Heads of Border Services of the Competent Authorities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States, held in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
During the meeting, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov noted that the Organization’s key tasks are the timely identification of signs indicating the emergence of crisis situations within its area of responsibility and the adoption of appropriate measures to resolve them. He also emphasized that ensuring collective security requires close cooperation with all relevant international organizations.
On the sidelines of the meeting, representatives of the CSTO Joint Staff held discussions with the leadership of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center, and the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Border Troops Commanders on further developing cooperation among the working bodies of the organizations.
