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 CSTO Permanent Council agreed on the decisions of the Collective Security Council, which will be considered at the CSC session in Bishkek on November 28
15.11.2019
The CSTO Permanent Council considered and agreed on taking into account the results of consultations of authorized representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states held on November 12-13 this year, in the Secretariat of the Organization, draft decisions of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization regarding amendments to the CSTO regulatory legal acts, the Regulation on the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, as well as the Rules of Procedure of the CSTO bodies.
The Permanent Council approved the draft Decision of the CSTO CSC on the Organization’s Budget for 2020.
It was decided to submit these draft documents for consideration by the statutory bodies of the Organization. Meetings of these bodies will be held in Bishkek on November 27-28, 2019.
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The CSTO Press Secretary
Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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