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.
CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas in Minsk discussed with the Minister of Defense and the Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus military cooperation in the CSTO and preparations for the CSSC meeting
05.03.2020
March 5, Minsk / BelTA /. Topical issues of international and regional security were examined in detail at a meeting held today at the State Secretariat of the Security Council of Belarus, BelTA learned from the agency.
“This topic was the main one at the talks of the Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Andrei Ravkov and the Minister of Defense of our country Viktor Khrenin with the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas,” the Secretary of State emphasized. “An exchange of views took place on pressing issues of international and regional security.”
In addition, the meeting discussed the topic of cooperation between Belarus and the CSTO, as well as the preparations for intersessional meetings of the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and the Council of Defense Ministers.
"The parties shared their views on further improving the effectiveness of the Collective Security Treaty Organization," the agency concluded.
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