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.
A delegation of servicemen of the CSTO member states and working bodies of the Organization laid flowers at the Eternal Flame memorial in Almaty in the Park of the 28 Panfilov Guardsmen
04.10.2022
On October 4 this year, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Takhir Khayruloyev, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, and Almaz Djumakeev, Commander of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, laid wreaths and flowers at the Eternal Flame Memorial in the 28 Panfilov Guardsmen's Park in Almaty. The ceremony was also attended by representatives of contingents of armed forces of the CSTO member states who came to participate in the trainings of the Collective Forces "Cooperation-2022", "Search-2022", "Echelon-2022". The anthem of Kazakhstan was played and a moment of silence was observed. The ceremony was followed by the ceremonial march of the guard of honor.
The delegation of servicemen of the CSTO member states visited the Museum of the National Military Patriotic Center, the head of which is the granddaughter of the legendary Major General Ivan Panfilov, Alua Baykadamova, where the officers got acquainted with the historical exhibits of the Almaty garrison.
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Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings
