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.
The CSTO Secretary General will take part in the opening of the XI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX - 2023" in Minsk
15.05.2023
The Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov will take part in the opening ceremony and work of the XI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX - 2023", which will be held on 17-20 May 2023 in Minsk at the multifunctional cultural and sports complex "Minsk-Arena". The event is organized by the State Military-Industrial Committee and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, the arranger is the Republican Unitary Enterprise "National Exhibition Center "BelExpo" of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus.
As part of the business program of the Exhibition "MILEX-2023" it is planned to hold a number of events in the CSTO format.
In particular, on May 18, a Joint Meeting of the heads and members of the national parts of the CSTO ICMEC and the CSTO ICWEC Business Council will be held.
A meeting of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on advertising and exhibition activities will be held on May 19.
These events will provide for a comprehensive discussion of topical issues in the development of military-economic and military-technical cooperation, strengthening cooperative ties between enterprises and organizations of defense-industrial (military-industrial) complexes of the CSTO member states and improving cooperation in the field of promotional and exhibition activities within the CSTO format. Representatives of CSTO member states will take part in the 10th international scientific conference on military and technical problems, problems of defense and security of dual-purpose technologies use (MILEX.INNOVATIONS`23), as well as in other events of the exhibition business program.
