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 next meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers will be held in a video conference mode on May 26. Heads of the diplomatic departments will discuss prospects for the development of international and regional security
21.05.2020
On May 26, 2020, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held in a video conference mode. To conduct the Ministerial Council, the capabilities of the CSTO Crisis Response Center will be used. The meeting will be attended by CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas.
The agenda of the meeting includes questions about the state and prospects of development of the international and regional situation and its impact on the security of the CSTO member states, on the CSTO cooperation with the CIS and the SCO.
Special attention will be paid to the interaction of the CSTO member states on international platforms, the development of the peacekeeping potential of the Organization and the CSTO Observing and Partnering Institutions, as well as joint counteraction to modern security challenges and threats.
It is planned to adopt a number of joint statements, in particular, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War, confirmation of commitment to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
In addition, draft documents on a consultation plan for the second half of 2020-the first half of 2021, as well as on the next deployment of quota posts in the CSTO Secretariat, will be submitted to the ministers for consideration.
We consider the upcoming meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council as the next stage in the development of allied cooperation in the Organization.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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