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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas
23.12.2021
On December 23, this year, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas, who is in Yerevan on a working visit, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the CSTO Ministerial Council, Ararat Mirzoyan.
In the course of the meeting, Ararat Mirzoyan stressed the importance of summing up the results of the draft "Action Plan for the implementation of the decisions of the September (2021) session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and the implementation of the organization's priority activities during the Armenian presidency" presented by Stanislav Zas. The CSTO Secretary General spoke in detail about the content of the draft Plan and said that the Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff would make all necessary efforts to implement the Plan in a timely manner.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia also presented the situation in the Armenia's eastern border zone and stressed the need for practical steps to increase the level of stability and security in accordance with the tripartite statement of November 26, 2021. He reiterated the importance of allied cooperation of the CSTO member States to ensure security and stability on a collective basis.
