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 Stanislav Zas held talks with the secretaries of the security councils of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in connection with the worsening situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border
16.09.2022
On September 16 this year, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had telephone conversations with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, Marat Imankulov, and the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, Nasrullo Mahmudzoda, in connection with the sharp aggravation of the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border that occurred this morning.
During the talks, the sides expressed the need for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations on the evolving situation through the competent authorities to resolve the conflict only peacefully.
