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.
A meeting was held between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev
15.04.2026
On 15 April 2026, a meeting was held in Bishkek between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubaev.
The interlocutors held a detailed discussion on a wide range of international issues affecting the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility. Particular attention was paid to the prospects for the development of the situation in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Talatbek Masadykov informed about the progress in implementing the Action Plan for the execution of decisions adopted at the November (2025) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the Organization’s priority areas of activity during Russia’s chairmanship, including preparations for upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies.
Talatbek Masadykov also spoke about the work of the CSTO Secretariat in the analytical domain, emphasizing that a significant impetus for its development was provided by the adoption of the Issyk-Kul Initiative in June 2025, which brought together leading experts from across Eurasia. The Secretary General also informed about the International Scientific and Practical Conference entitled “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” scheduled to be held on 27 April in Moscow.
The Secretary General emphasized the importance of developing cooperation between the CSTO and other international structures in the interests of strengthening Eurasian security, noting in this context the intensification of contacts with the United Nations and the SCO, as well as plans to develop relations with ASEAN countries and the League of Arab States.
For his part, Jeenbek Kulubaev reaffirmed the readiness of the Kyrgyz side to expand constructive dialogue and enhance practical cooperation through the foreign policy agencies of the CSTO member states, and also expressed support for further development of interaction with other organizations aimed at strengthening Eurasian security.
