On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
On May 19, 2026, an international round table on the topic “CSTO: together for strengthening international peace and stability” was held at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on the sidelines of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation in Europe.
On May 18, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, together with the heads of the diplomatic missions of the CSTO member states in Vienna, took part in a solemn wreath and flower-laying ceremony at the monument to the Soviet Liberator Soldier at Schwarzenbergplatz.
The CSTO Coordinating Council of the heads of the anti-drug departments at a meeting in Moscow discussed the drug situation in countries bordering the Organization’s area of responsibility and the problem of expanding drug production in Afghanistan
23.10.2019
On October 23, 2019, in Moscow, under the chairmanship of State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Igor Zubov, the twenty first meeting of the the Coordination Council of the heads of the competent authorities to combat illicit drug trafficking of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states was held.
A delegation of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states took part in the meeting of the Coordination Council of the heads of the competent authorities to combat illicit drug trafficking. During the meeting, the participants of the Coordination Council of the heads of the competent authorities to combat illicit drug trafficking positively assessed the results of the work done in the reporting period and emphasized the need to maintain the established anti-drug course of the CSTO member states.
The parties affirmed the need for further joining of efforts in order to have a comprehensive impact on the drug environment, including striving to reduce drug production and increase the effectiveness of drug use prevention. The importance of continuous monitoring of the drug situation and the results of law enforcement activities was also emphasized.
According to the meeting participants, the growing drug production in Afghanistan remains a significant problem in the CSTO area of responsibility, especially the growth of cultivated areas of opium poppy in the northern provinces bordering directly on the CSTO member states.
The situation is aggravated by the growth in the production and distribution of synthetic drugs of the amphetamine and methamphetamine groups, psychotropic drugs and new dangerous psychoactive substances, a significant part of which comes from Southeast Asia, countries of Eastern Europe and Ukraine.
The meeting heard information on the results of the international anti-drug operation "Canal-Center" (Alma-Ata, the Republic of Kazakhstan), the sub-regional anti-drug operation "Canal-Caucasian Redoubt" (Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia) and the tactical and special trainings "GROM-2019" (Balykchi , the Kyrgyz Republic).
