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 Secretary General I. Tasmagambetov had a meeting with the Russian Security Council Secretary N.Patrushev
24.01.2023
On January 24 this year, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov and the Russian Federation Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev held a working meeting in Moscow.
N. Patrushev congratulated I. Tasmagambetov on his appointment, wished him success in his work for the development of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and expressed his readiness to assist in implementing the tasks facing the CSTO Secretariat.
The parties have discussed a number of international issues and exchanged views on the situation along the CSTO borders. Emphasis was placed on enhancing the authority of the CSTO and its interaction with other international organizations.
In addition, they discussed the order of implementation of the priorities proposed by the Republic of Belarus, the CSTO Chairmanship in 2023.
The parties also paid great attention to the implementation of decisions adopted by the heads of the CSTO member states in 2022. In particular, they talked about organizing the activities of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on biological security.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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