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 13th meeting of the CSTO Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations was held
19.08.2022The 13th meeting of the CSTO Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations was held
On August 18, in Moscow, the thirteenth meeting of the Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member States with the heads of emergency services of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan was held, chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Management.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov addressed the meeting. He informed about the tasks in the line of emergency for 2023, as well as about the work done in the Organization on the establishment of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States on biological security.
The meeting participants heard and approved information on the implementation of the Plan of cooperation of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member States in the field of prevention and liquidation of the consequences of emergencies in 2020, and approved the relevant Plan for 2023.
The parties have approved the candidacy of Vadim Sinyavsky, Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus, as the next chairman in the Coordination Council for Emergency Situations of the CSTO member States.
It was decided to hold, respectively, in the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan, trainings "Skala-2023" and "Skala-2024".
The agreements reached during the meeting were reflected and signed in the final protocol.
At the invitation of the Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Management Alexander Kurenkov members of the CSTO Emergency Coordination Council took part in the International Salon "Integrated Security - 2023".
Today, Ministers of Emergency Situations of the CSTO member States will take part in the business program of the III International Fire and Rescue Congress.
