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 had a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Russia
15.12.2020
On December 15, 2020, the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted a meeting between the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Russian Federation Imomuddin Sattorov.
The meeting, which took place on the initiative of the Tajik side, was held in a business-friendly atmosphere.
The parties discussed the implementation of the Tajikistan's priorities in the course of its chairmanship in the CSTO in 2020-2021 and exchanged views on topical issues of mutual interest.
Stanislav Zas informed Imomuddin Sattorov that the CSTO Secretariat was preparing an appropriate Plan for the Implementation of the Decisions of the CSC CSTO session and the Priorities of the Republic of Tajikistan, which would soon be included in the agenda of the meeting of the Organization's Permanent Council for approval. After that, the document would be submitted for approval to the Chairman of the CSTO Collective Security Council, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
The CSTO Secretary General noted the importance of the priorities of the Tajik side for the activities of the CSTO, which affect political, military, military-technical cooperation and interaction in the field of countering challenges and threats.
The Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan informed Stanislav Zas about the situation on the Tajik-Afghan border, which, in his opinion, was difficult, but completely controlled by the Tajik security forces.
The parties agreed to further maintenance of contacts.
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