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 CSTO Deputy Secretary General had a meeting with the Director of the ICRC Directorate for Operational Activities in Europe and Central Asia
17.08.2022The CSTO Deputy Secretary General had a meeting with the Director of the ICRC Directorate for Operational Activities in Europe and Central Asia
17 августа 2022 года в Секретариате Организации Договора о коллективной безопасности состоялась рабочая встреча заместителя Генерального секретаря ОДКБ Самата Ордабаева с директором управления Международного Комитета Красного Креста по оперативной деятельности в Европе и Центральной Азии Ариан Бауэр.
The working meeting was also attended by the CSTO Secretariat members and representatives of the ICRC Regional Delegation to the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.
In the course of the working meeting there was an exchange of views on the humanitarian situation in the CSTO areas of responsibility and border areas in a situation of growing international tension.
The meeting participants noted the positive results of joint work this year and identified key areas for further interaction, and also discussed the procedure for the CSTO member States to agree on the participation of ICRC representatives in the command and staff trainings with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2022" and with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022".
One of the important results of the meeting was the confirmation of mutual interest in working together to develop cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the ICRC on key areas of international humanitarian law.
