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 in Minsk discussed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei international and regional security and cooperation of the CSTO and the UN
14.10.2020
On October 14, this year, in Minsk, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Makei held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas, that visited the Republic of Belarus. BELTA news agency was informed about that by the Foreign Ministry Press Service.
"The parties exchanged opinions on the current situation in the field of international and regional security, spoke in favor of the development and strengthening of interaction between the CSTO and other international organizations, primarily with the UN. They also discussed promising areas of cooperation within the CSTO, issues of preparation for the upcoming meetings of the statutory bodies of the organization this year," the Foreign Ministry noted.
