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.
On the meeting between the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Central Asia Kakha Imnadze
09.10.2023
On 9 October 2023, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between Samat Ordabaev, the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and Kakha Imnadze, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
During the meeting, the sides discussed a wide range of issues in the context of the dynamically developing contacts between the CSTO and the United Nations. Particular attention was paid to the situation in the Central Asian region in view of the "Afghan factor", the exchange of experience on preventive measures to counter risks and threats, and cooperation in the field of information and forecasting.
