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 14th meeting of the CSTO Coordination Council for Emergency Situations was held under the chairmanship of the Republic of Belarus
05.09.2023
On 5 September 2023, in Minsk, under the chairmanship of Vadim Sinyavsky, Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, the 14th meeting of the CSTO Coordination Council for Emergency Situations was held. The meeting was attended by the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Syrym Sharipkhanov; the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic, Boobek Azhikeev; the Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters of Russia, Alexander Kurenkov; the Chairman of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Rustam Nazarzoda; and the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Valery Semerikov.
The agenda of the meeting included a wide range of issues aimed at strengthening the mechanisms of interaction on disaster management under the auspices of the Organization.
Within the framework of the Chairmanship of the Republic of Belarus, the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, Vadim Sinyavsky, presented information on the effectiveness of the implementation of the decisions adopted during the 13th meeting.
"Such a council is held at least once a year under a regulation approved by the CSTO Collective Security Forces Council. We plan work for the next year and summarize the results of the past year. It is characteristic of the Belarusian chairmanship in the organization that we wanted to unite rescue agencies for the benefit of saving human lives. I believe that we have succeeded in this. We have successfully implemented all the planned activities," Vadim Sinyavsky said.
The meeting participants summarized the results of the special training "Rock-2023" for rescue units of the CSTO member states and also discussed plans for joint activities. Taking into account the positive experience of the Russian Federation in conducting the “Safe Arctic-2023” experimental research trainings, the possibility of participation by representatives of the rescue agencies of the CSTO member states in the “Safe Arctic-2025” trainings was considered.
The parties supported the initiative to hold an international competition of gas-fire-fighting service units in 2024 in Moscow with the participation of representatives of the fire and rescue departments of the CSTO member states.
During the 14th meeting of the CCES, special attention was paid to the issues of scientific and technical support of activities in the field of protection of population and territories from emergencies and ensuring multi-level specialized training of personnel.
In accordance with the Regulations on the CSTO Coordination Council for Emergency Situations, the chairmanship of the Council for 2024 passes to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Coordination Council for Emergency Situations of rescue units of the CSTO member states was established in accordance with the decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council of 6 October 2007 in order to create a coordinated system of response to complex emergencies.
The members of the CSTO CCES are the heads of the authorized bodies in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations.
In view of the chairmanship of the Republic of Belarus in the Collective Security Treaty Organization in 2023, the Minister for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, Vadim Sinyavsky, has been elected Chairman of the Coordination Council this year. Next year, the chairmanship will be handed over to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
