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.
Extraordinary session of CSTO Permanent Council held in connection with sharp aggravation of situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan
14.09.2022On September 13 this year, at the initiative of the Armenian side an emergency meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held with the participation of the leadership of the CSTO Secretariat and the head of the Joint Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov.
Chairing the meeting, the Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the CSTO Victor Biyagov briefed his colleagues on developments on the situation in certain areas of Armenia's border with Azerbaijan and reported on Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan's appeal to members of the CSTO Collective Security Council in this regard.
Council members expressed extreme concern about the evolving situation and considered proposals for the possible use of the CSTO mechanisms to resolve the situation.
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