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 Imangali Tasmagambetov's commentary
07.06.2024
In an exclusive commentary to Cronos.Asia, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov spoke about the progress of the negotiations.
On Thursday, June 6, 2024, a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils was held in Almaty under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan. The meeting participants discussed the military and political situation in the CSTO area of responsibility and measures to improve the activities and cooperation in the Organization's format in countering challenges and threats to CSTO member states. In comments to Cronos.Asia, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov said that special attention was paid to the draft “CSTO Targeted Interstate Program on Strengthening the Tajik-Afghan Border”.
- Imangali Nurgaliyevich, during the discussion, what was the most difficult issue in your opinion?
- The negotiations themselves were not difficult. What was difficult was the issue of the CSTO Targeted Interstate Program, which was initiated in 2013 and was not implemented for 10-11 years due to objective reasons. But despite the general geopolitical situation in the zone of responsibility of our Organization, both at the Council of Defense Ministers and with the Secretaries of the Security Council we were able to make a decision for the Collective Security Council to finally sign this program.
- And the fact that Armenia was not present?
- The Armenian side stated even before the meeting that it had no objection to the adoption of decisions in a limited format.
