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 CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, who is the head of the CSTO mission in the Republic of Armenia, met with the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia
22.09.2022
On September 22, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas met with Major General Edward Asrian, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, in Yerevan.
There was a detailed discussion of the situation in certain areas of the border regions of the Republic of Armenia. Further possible measures of the Organization in the current situation were discussed.
Stanislav Zas arrived in the Republic of Armenia at the head of the CSTO mission in accordance with the decision of an extraordinary meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council on 13 September. The Mission consists of representatives of the CSTO member States who are members of the Organization's working bodies.
The mission is tasked with assessing the current situation, preparing a detailed report to the heads of the CSTO member States on the situation in the region and working out proposals to de-escalate tension in certain areas on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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