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.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe
17.02.2021On February 17, this year, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas had a meeting with the Chairman of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Colonel-General Sherali Mirzo in Dushanbe.
The parties have discussed the holding of a meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers in Dushanbe this spring, military, military-technical and military-economic cooperation in the CSTO format and the implementation of the priorities of the Tajik side in these areas for the period of Tajikistan's chairmanship in the Organization in 2021.
Stanislav Zas emphasized the importance of increasing the level of readiness of collective security troops (forces) to carry out earmarked tasks, including through joint operational and combat training activities. In particular, they talked about improving the command and control system of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces, raising the level of training of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces and equipping them with modern weapons, military and special equipment, and special means, taking into account their possible involvement in peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the UN.
The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan and the CSTO Secretary General have discussed the upcoming trainings of the assets of collective security, which are planned to be held on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2021. This is a joint training with the CSTO CRRF "Interaction-2021", a special training with the assets of intelligence "Search-2021", a special training with the assets of the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) "Echelon-2021".
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