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 had a meeting with the SCO Secretary General
18.05.2022
On May 18, 2022, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretary General Zhang Ming at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
In the course of the conversation, there was a productive exchange of views on current global and regional security issues of interest to both organizations.
The CSTO Secretary General has informed the SCO Secretary General on the main results of the meeting of the leaders of the CSTO member States on May 16, 2022, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the CSTO.
There was a lively discussion of the prospects for further enhancing bilateral cooperation between the CSTO and the SCO. It was noted that there was a solid legal basis and various forms of interaction necessary for this, including the practice of meetings of the highest administrative officials of the organizations and mutual participation in the CSTO and the SCO events.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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