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 Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff participated in the events of the ХI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX-2023”
18.05.2023
On May 17, in Minsk, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, on the invitation of Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, took part in the activities of the ХI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX-2023", organized by the State Military Industrial Committee, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, the Republican Unitary Enterprise "BelExpo" of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus.
"MILEX-2023" is a traditional forum of companies-developers and manufacturers of military products, which traditionally offers a wide range of military and dual-purpose products, as well as various programs for modernization of armament and military equipment. The main goals of the exhibition are wide presentation of products of the Belarusian defense industry, acquaintance with new developments in high technologies, demonstration of possibilities of the enterprises that are engaged in modernization and repair of armament and provide services to the armed forces. Thematic sections of the exhibition present the whole range of technologies aimed at ensuring defense and security of the state.
Anatoly Sidorov noted that the ХI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX-2023" contributed to the further development of successful military and military-technical cooperation between representatives of defense-industrial complexes of the CSTO member states. At present, work is continuing within the CSTO in the area of military and technical cooperation to establish and improve the Organization's regulatory framework and to implement practical measures of long-term programs and plans to equip the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) with modern weapons, military and special equipment and special means. The main efforts in this direction are focused on improving the equipment of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces and the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region.
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff expressed his gratitude to the leadership of the defense ministry and the organizers of the forum for the opportunity to participate in the events, as well as for the high level of their implementation.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus
