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 Talatbek Masadykov held a meeting with Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Yuri Seliverstov
05.03.2026
On 5 March 2026, a working meeting was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Yuri Seliverstov.
During the conversation, the parties discussed current issues of cooperation between Belarus and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Particular attention was paid to key areas for the further development of the military component, improvement of the collective security system, and countering modern challenges and threats.
Talatbek Masadykov informed about the current activities of the Secretariat and the progress in implementing the decisions adopted at the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in November 2025.
Yuri Seliverstov confirmed the commitment of the Belarusian side to deepening allied ties within the CSTO framework and emphasized the importance of increasing joint efforts to ensure stability in the Organization’s area of responsibility.
The parties agreed to continue close working cooperation.
