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.
“Indestructible Brotherhood-2024": Delegation of the CSTO member states laid flowers at the Memorial of Glory in the park named after 28 Panfilov Guardsmen in Almaty
04.10.2024
Today, in Almaty, a delegation of CSTO member states laid flowers at the Memorial of Glory in the park named after 28 Panfilov Guardsmen.
The ceremony was attended by Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Hero of the Russian Federation, and representatives of the command of military contingents of the CSTO member states. They all arrived in the Republic of Kazakhstan to take part in a command-staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces entitled “Indestructible Brotherhood-2024”.
The ceremony traditionally began with a minute of silence and the solemn march of the honor guard company of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Paying tribute to the soldiers who heroically fell in the name of victory in the Great Patriotic War, the delegation visited a branch of the military-historical museum of the National Military-Patriotic Center, the head of which is the granddaughter of the legendary Major General Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov - Alua Baikadamova.
She presented to the guests the exposition “History of the country - the history of the family”, which contains unique photos and personal belongings of the Hero of the Soviet Union Major General Ivan Panfilov. Alua Baikadamova told in detail the representatives of the CSTO member states about Kazakhstan's contribution to the common victory in the Great Patriotic War. The excursion ended with a tour of the hall dedicated to the feat of the 8th Guards Rifle Division under the command of Major General Ivan Panfilov, that showed bravery and heroism during the Great Patriotic War.
The CSTO Joint Press Center CSTO of the training “Indestructible Brotherhood-2024”, the Republic of Kazakhstan, “Bereg” training range
