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 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.
The organization of activities of joint training of command bodies and formations of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system in 2022 has been discussed
11.03.2022
On 10-11 March, this year, the CSTO Joint Staff hosted consultations via videoconferencing on the organization of joint training activities for the command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2022. The event was held under the general supervision of Lieutenant General Hasan Kaloyev, First Deputy Head of the CSTO Joint Staff. Representatives of the interested ministries and agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff participated in the event.
During the consultations the proposals of the CSTO Joint Staff on the organization of joint training of command bodies and formations of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system in 2022; on strategic command and staff training of the Joint Staff, the CSTO Secretariat and task forces of the interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states; on the procedure for special training with intelligence forces and means; on organization and research during joint trainings, as well as on the participation of representatives of non-members of the CSTO, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization states in the trainings held in 2022 were considered.
As a result of consultations, the parties agreed to be guided by the CSTO Joint Staff version of the military-political and strategic situation in the CSTO collective security regions during the preparation of joint and special trainings. A timetable has been planned for holding staff talks on the preparation of joint (special) trainings with CSTO Troops (Collective Forces).
Consultation participants have discussed proposals by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan on approaches to conducting special trainings with the forces and means of the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) "Echelon-2022", with the intelligence forces and means "Search-2022", the command and staff training with the CSTO CRRF "Interaction-2022". Proposals by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan on approaches to the joint training with the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2022" and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic on approaches to the command and staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" were considered.
Participation in joint trainings of a new unit of the collective security system - a joint formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection and medical support of the CSTO has been approved.
