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.
At a meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council, draft agendas for a session of the Collective Security Council and a joint meeting of the CMFA, the CMD and the CSSC
On August 28 this year, under the chairmanship by the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic, Aman Mambetseyitov, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held, in which the CSTO Deputy Secretaries General Piotr Tsikhanouski and Alymbay Sultanov took part.
The draft agendas for the upcoming session of the Collective Security Council and the joint meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs , the Council of Ministers of Defense and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils were considered. Work on these documents will continue at the next meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council.
The Permanent Council discussed a number of draft political statements regarding the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the situation in Afghanistan, the stabilization of the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as ensuring comprehensive stability in the world and the fight against the glorification of Nazism. It is planned to continue consideration of the above mentioned draft statements at the next meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council.
The parties also discussed the preparations for the Working Meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the CSTO member states, scheduled for September, 27, this year in New York on the margins of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.
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