On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
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).
