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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
The CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov will take part at the plenary session of the Forum for Security Cooperation of the OSCE
15.07.2019On July 17, this year, the CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov will be the keynote speaker at the plenary session of the Forum for Security Cooperation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on the theme “The CSTO activities in support of OSCE commitments to ensure military-political aspects of security”.
The upcoming meeting is initiated by the currently chairing the Forum of the Republic of Tajikistan, which motivated its invitation to the keynote speaker that “the CSTO plays a crucial role in maintaining close cooperation and understanding in the military-political field in its region of responsibility”.
The meeting will be held in Vienna at the Hofburg Palace.
The Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) was established in 1992 by the decision of the Helsinki meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. It is an independent OSCE body with the authority to discuss military-political issues, including disarmament, arms control, confidence-building measures and take politically binding decisions on them. The Forum meets in Vienna weekly at the level of state representatives.
