On 20 September 2023, in Bishkek, an international conference on combating terrorism and extremism was held. The event was organized by the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Anti-Terrorist Centre of the CIS member states.
In accordance with the CSTO CCBCD Plan of Basic Activities for 2023, a subregional anti-drug operation "Channel-Perekhvat" was carried out in the territory of the CSTO member states from 11 to 15 September, this year, with a view to suppressing channels for the flow of drugs, their precursors and analogues and new psychoactive and potent substances into the CSTO region of responsibility, neutralizing international transnational drug groups, eliminating clandestine drug production and undermining the economic foundations of the drug business, including the legalization of drug proceeds. The subregional anti-drug operation "Channel-Perekhvat" was carried out in order to legalize drug profits.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 14 September 2023.
Within the framework of the chairmanship of the Republic of Belarus in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a regular Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in Minsk on 7 September 2023.
On 6 September 2023, in Bishkek, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubayev, the Minister of Defense Baktybek Bekbolotov and the Secretary of the country's Security Council Marat Imankulov to discuss topical issues in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the Organization's statutory bodies - the Collective Security Council, the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in a joint meeting of the SCO and the CSTO heads of member States in Dushanbe

The Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas participated in a joint meeting of the CSTO and the SCO heads of member States in Dushanbe on September 17, this year.
The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin (online), the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (online), the President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, the President of China Xi Jinping (online), the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Vladimir Norov, and the Chairman of the Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev participated in the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
The main topic of the meeting was the situation in Afghanistan. There were proposals on the need to use the mechanism of the expanded "troika", as well as the restoration of the former Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan, in which many partners in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the CSTO participated.
Speaking at the joint meeting of the SCO and the CSTO heads of member States, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted the importance of combining the efforts of the SCO and the CSTO and other regional structures to ensure security and stability in the Eurasian space.
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