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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov hold video-conference with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
06.11.2023
On November 6, 2023 the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov had a conversation (via videoconference) with the Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres.
A wide range of issues of interaction between the CSTO Secretariat and the UN Secretariat was discussed. In particular, the importance of concerted international steps to reduce strategic security risks through preventive regional activities was emphasized.
Attention was paid to the further development of working contacts between the CSTO Secretariat and relevant UN bodies on the issues of countering terrorism, drug trafficking, cross-border crime, illegal migration, as well as cooperation in the field of peacekeeping. The importance of combating the spread of terrorist ideology and propaganda as well as combining efforts in the field of information security was stressed.
It was agreed to continue contacts.
