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 President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a meeting with the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas
15.10.2020
October 15, Minsk / Corr. BELTA news agency /. The President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko considers the Collective Security Treaty Organization to be an important structure that needs to be developed. The head of state said this today at a meeting with with the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, BELTA news agency informs.
“The events we have in August and the reaction, first of all, of Russia to these events, testifies that this organization is very important and we need to develop it. In a conversation with Putin, I just said this: now we probably realized what the CSTO is and why do we need this organization," Alexander Lukashenko said.
The President recalled: several years ago a new military doctrine was adopted in the Republic of Belarus, which takes into account such phenomena as hybrid war and color revolution. “Something like this could have been in the Republic of Belarus, so we were forced to react, including demonstrating strength. We looked at our entire western region, took aim, speaking in a military manner, it probably made sense out there, outside the country, that we enough strength and we can respond very seriously. Therefore, there will be the CSTO, we will be very actively involved in this. And even it is not convenient for someone we will work – the president has said.
“Therefore, we would very much like the Secretary General to take the position that we agreed on during the Belarusian leadership in the CSTO and to push the CSTO members to work more efficiently. There will be absolute support from our side,” Alexander Lukashenko stressed.
