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 Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov attends the 82nd meeting of the Council of Commanders of the CIS Border Troops in Minsk
17.10.2019
On October 17, in Minsk, the Republic of Belarus, the regular 82nd meeting of the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops took place, chaired by the First Deputy Director - Head of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, Army General Vladimir Kulishov.
The meeting was attended by delegations of the border agencies of the CIS member states and the SKPV Coordination Service, Honorary Members of the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops, heads of interacting competent CIS bodies and working structures of relevant international organizations, as well as CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
During the meeting, the situation developing on the external borders of the CIS member states and its development trends were analyzed.
Valery Semerikov in his speech “On joint efforts to maintain a stable environment on the common security space and on the external borders of the CSTO member states” emphasized the situation in the Organization’s area of responsibility, touched on questions of the CSTO measures to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border, to counter challenges and outgoing threats from the territory of Afghanistan, informed about CSTO initiatives to maintain regional stability and security.
On the sidelines of the 82nd meeting of the SKPV, Valery Semerikov also held working meetings with the heads of the border agencies of the CSTO member states. In particular, issues were discussed regarding the implementation of the draft CSTO Interstate Program for Strengthening Tajik-Afghan Borders.
At a gala reception at the Palace of the Republic for significant contribution to strengthening the border security of the CSTO member states, Valery Semerikov handed the jubilee badge “25th Anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty” to Major General Anatoly Lappo, Chairman of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus.
