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.
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.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas held meetings with the Chief of the General Staff and the Secretary of the Security Council of Kyrgyzstan in Bishkek
27.01.2021
On January 27, this year, in Bishkek, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Chief of the General Staff of the Kyrgyz Republic, Major General Taalaibek Omuraliev. In the course of the meeting, issues of military cooperation between the Kyrgyz Republic in the CSTO format, improving the control system of the CSTO Collective Forces (troops) and measures for their joint operational and combat training, as well as the improvement and development of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces were discussed.
T. Omuraliev said that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic was fully ready to work on building an effective system of collective security and ensuring stability in the area of responsibility of the organization.
On the same day, Stanislav Zas also had a meeting with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic Ryskeldi Musaev. The CSTO Secretary General and the Head of the Kyrgyz Security Council discussed measures to counter challenges and threats to be undertaken in the CSTO format in 2021, as well as a set of measures to implement the Anti-Drug Strategy of the CSTO member states for 2021-2025, adopted in December (2020) sessions of the Collective Security Council.
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