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 Deputy Secretary General had a meeting with the delegation of the Monitoring Group of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees 1267/1989/2253 on ISIS and “Al-Qaida” and 1988 on the Taliban Movement
23.05.2025
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General and Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General for Peacekeeping, Taalatbek Masadykov, held a meeting at the Organization's Secretariat with a delegation from the Monitoring Group (MG) of the UNSC 1267/1989/2253 sanctions committees on ISIS and “Al-Qaeda” and 1988 on the Taliban Movement.
The meeting was held in an atmosphere of an interested exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East, Afghanistan and other regions, and on the threats posed by terrorist groups.
The participants agreed to continue the exchange of information.
