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.
Experts from the CSTO Secretariat, the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure held consultations
09.06.2023
An expert meeting of representatives of the CSTO Secretariat, the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the Executive Committee of the SCO RATS took place on June 9, 2023 in Moscow as part of the cooperation between the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Executive Committee on the theme: "Using Information Technologies".
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat shared their experience in this area.
They discussed the exchange of information and organization of interaction in the following areas:
- countering modern challenges and threats with a focus on ensuring information security;
- joint scientific and practical events (conferences, round tables, seminars and workshops).
