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 Talatbek Masadykov met with the Security Council Secretary of Russia Sergey Shoigu
06.05.2026
On May 5, 2026, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with the Security Council Secretary of Russia Sergey Shoigu.
Talatbek Masadykov informed Sergey Shoigu about the outcomes of his meetings with the leadership of the CSTO member states held during the first half of the current year, as well as about the implementation of the Action Plan aimed at carrying out the decisions adopted at the November 2025 session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the priority areas of the Organization’s activities during the chairmanship of the Russian Federation.
The interlocutors also discussed the agenda of the forthcoming meeting of the CSTO Committee of Security Council Secretaries scheduled for May 26, as well as other topical issues related to the Organization’s activities.
Russia’s chairmanship in the CSTO in 2026 is being carried out under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal and shared responsibility.”
