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.
Deputy head of the department for countering challenges and threats of the CSTO Secretariat Sergey Gonchar took part in the regional round table “Objectives of United Nations Security Council resolutions in the field of counter-terrorism”
09.02.2026Via videoconference, on 9 February 2026 Deputy head of the department for countering challenges and threats of the CSTO Secretariat Sergey Gonchar took part in the regional round table “Objectives of United Nations Security Council resolutions in the field of counter-terrorism: best practices in the implementation of sanctions regimes in accordance with resolutions 1267 (1999)[1], 1989 (2011)[2], 2253 (2015)[3] and 1988 (2011)[4]», organized by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre, the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, with the assistance of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia.
Within the session on regional cooperation, a representative of the CSTO Secretariat delivered a presentation entitled “Strengthening regional cooperation among CSTO member states in countering security challenges and threats.”
[1] Sanctions against the Taliban movement.
[2] Sanctions against Al-Qaida.
[3] Sanctions against Al-Qaida as well as the Islamic State in Iraq (ISIL/Da’esh).
[4] Introduction of separate sanctions regimes against Al-Qaida and the Taliban.
