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 adopted a Statement on Military Activity in the Territories Bordering the CSTO Zone of Responsibility and its Impact on Eurasian Security
30.11.2021
On November 30, 2021, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held via videoconferencing chaired by Viktor Biyagov, the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the CSTO.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev took part in the work of the Permanent Council.
The meeting adopted Заявление Постоянного совета ОДКБ о военной активности на сопредельных к зоне ответственности ОДКБ территориях и ее влиянии на евразийскую безопасность.
In addition, the meeting reviewed a number of draft documents related to cooperation in the field of military security, as well as planning the activities of the Organization in 2022.
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