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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 Stanislav Zas took part in breakfast on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War
29.06.2020
On June 26, in Moscow a breakfast on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey V. Lavrov, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, was held. In the breakfast the ambassadors of the CIS member states accredited in Russia, the CIS Executive Secretary S.N. Lebedev, the CSTO Secretary General S.V. Zas and the ECE Board Chairman M.V. Myasnikovich took part.
In the course of the meeting particular attention was paid to the importance of combining efforts to preserve the historical memory of the lessons of the war, in order to prevent such war recurrence in the future. An interchange of views took place on interaction and on pressing international and regional topics.
Expositions dedicated to the work of Soviet diplomats upon the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, the life of a foreign diplomatic corps during the evacuation period, and also the contribution of the Union Republics of the USSR (now the CSTO member states) to the Great Victory were deployed as margin notes of the event. The awards of the Second World War of the countries of the Anti-Hitler coalition and anniversary medals were presented.
The participants in the meeting were presented with the commemorative publication prepared for the 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory “On Diplomatic Fronts.1941-1945”, which included unique archival documents on the contribution of Soviet diplomacy to the defeat of fascism.
