On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
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.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General had a meeting with the Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Center
27.05.2025
On 27 May 2025, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, and Idris Lallali, Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre.
During the meeting, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General briefed the representative of the African Union on the main directions of the CSTO's activities and practical measures carried out in the Organization's format to combat terrorism, counter drug trafficking, illegal migration and documents regulating these activities.
For his part, the Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Center showed great interest in the practices conducted in the CSTO format and shared the African Union's experience in countering challenges and threats to security on the African continent.
The meeting participants expressed great interest in cooperation and interaction between the working bodies of the two organizations and agreed to develop partnerships on issues of mutual interest.
