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 CSTO Collective Security Council will discuss current issues of international and regional security and the main results of the Organization's activity during the intersessional period on November 23 in Yerevan
18.11.2022
On November 23 this year, in Yerevan, a session of the Collective Security Council (CSC) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, will be held.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon are expected to participate in the event. The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas will participate in the meeting.
The CSC members will discuss current international and regional security issues and the main results of the activity of the Collective Security Treaty Organization during the intersessional period. One of the most important issues will be the improvement of the CSTO crisis response system and discussion of joint measures to assist the Republic of Armenia.
The Declaration of the Collective Security Council is expected to be adopted during the CSC session.
With the Republic of Belarus taking over the presidency of the CSTO in 2022-2023, the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will present the country's priorities to be implemented next year.
The agenda of the CSC meeting includes a number of documents to be signed, which relate to equipping the Peacekeeping Forces with modern weapons, military and special equipment, joint formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection and medical support of the CSTO, as well as giving the complex of operational and preventive measures "Mercenary" the status of a regional anti-terrorist operation. The CSTO budget for 2023 will be reviewed.
The Collective Security Council will consider the issue of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in connection with the upcoming rotation on January 1, 2023.
Prior to the start of the CSC, a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils will be held, during which the military and political situation in the CSTO collective security regions and the agenda of the upcoming session of the CSC will be discussed.
A number of important political statements are planned to be adopted during the meeting of the CFM, the CMD and the CSSC, including a statement by the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states on strengthening the international and regional security architecture and arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, as well as a statement by the secretaries of security council’s condemning attempts to glorify Nazism, neo-Nazism, extremism, chauvinism and all forms of xenophobia. There are plans to adopt a decision by the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils on the composition of the Coordinating Council of the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on biological security issues.
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