A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The CSTO Secretary General meets with Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia
27.02.2020
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas met in Yerevan with the Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia Armen Grigoryan.
The issues of increasing the effectiveness of the joint fight against terrorism and the fight against illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances were discussed.
The issue of settlement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone was also discussed. Stanislav Zas once again confirmed the position of the CSTO that there is no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the conflict. Armen Grigoryan, in turn, presented the situation on the contact line of the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan. He also stressed the need to resolve the Karabakh issue exclusively by peaceful means, noting in this the importance of the CSTO position.
The CSTO Secretary General presented a number of programs planned and already implemented within the Organization, including the preparation of anti-terrorism and military trainings.
