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 CSTO mission advance team continues to work in the Republic of Armenia
16.09.2022
On 16 September this year, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, met Lieutenant General Roman Golubitsky, Head of the Border Guard Department of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Armenia, as part of the visit of the CSTO mission advance team to the Republic of Armenia. The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and measures to solve it were discussed in detail, "We received a vision of the situation and operational information about what is happening from our border guards, who are on duty on the border and are involved in the protection of certain sections of the Armenian state border," Anatoly Sidorov said after the working meeting.
On the same day, he met with Sergey Kopyrkin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia. The diplomat said that Yerevan "attaches special importance to the CSTO Mission and expects the Collective Security Treaty Organization to play an important role in stabilizing the situation and taking steps to prevent further escalation.
On the eve, CSTO Chief of Staff Anatoli Sidorov had a working meeting with the Armenian Defense Minister Suren Papikyan.
The advance group of CSTO mission arrived in the Republic of Armenia on September 15 in accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council. The Mission is tasked to work out proposals on de-escalation of tension.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
