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 winners of the social media contest "30 YEARS OF THE CSTO! TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!" have been rewarded
04.07.2022The winners and active participants in the social media contest "30 YEARS OF THE CSTO! TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!” were awarded by certificates of achievement signed by the CSTO Secretary General and prizes.
The winners were: 1st place - Oleg Nekalo, the Republic of Belarus; 2nd place - Sergey Venyavsky, the Russian Federation; 3rd place - Ruslan Akhmetshin, the Kyrgyz Republic.
The contest was held from May 13, 2022 to June 1, 2022 in accordance with the “Plan of events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization", the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization held the contest "30 YEARS OF THE CSTO! TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!
The aim of the Contest was to raise awareness of the target audience about the CSTO activities and to promote its goals and principles. Contest participants published materials describing the history of the Organization, political and military cooperation, counteraction to modern challenges and threats, security of information space, parliamentary cooperation.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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