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 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.
A delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by Acting CSTO Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the VIII Moscow International Conference on International Security which is being held in Moscow on April 24-25 this year
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Evaluating the ongoing Conference Valery Semerikov noted that recently there have been many conferences, both at the international or regional level, and in individual states. “All of them are devoted to security issues with a bias against terrorism and extremism. Of course, they contribute to the development of the ideology of theory and practice in countering this evil, - said the Acting CSTO Secretary General.
“But I want to note that the Moscow Security Conference is distinguished by the level of its organization, representation and scale of the issues under consideration: from countering a wide range of challenges and threats to peacekeeping activities. It is also distinguished by the practical filling of issues related to the localization of the conflict potential existing in the world” Valery Semerikov stressed.
