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.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
The CSTO Council of Ministers at a meeting in Bishkek on May 22 will discuss problems of international and regional security in the current conditions and the List of additional measures aimed at reducing tensions in the Tajik-Afghan border area
16.05.2019On May 22, 2019, a meeting of the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in Bishkek under the chairmanship of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Chingiz Aydarbekov. The meeting will be attended by the foreign ministers of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
The meeting will be held in a narrow and extended composition. In the first part the ministers will exchange views on topical issues of international and regional security, discuss the activities of the Organization in the current environment.
During the plenary session it is planned to review and sign a number of documents that affect various areas of the CSTO activities, including the List of Joint Statements in 2019 as well as a number of political joint statements.
It is expected that the draft decisions of the CSTO Collective Security Council “About the Collective Action Plan of the CSTO member states on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy for 2019-2021”, “About the List of additional measures aimed at reducing tensions in the Tajik-Afghan border area” will be approved. Also the following decisions of the CSTO Ministerial Council “About the Plan for Consultation of Representatives of the CSTO Member States on Foreign Policy, Security and Defense Issues for the Second Half of 2019 — First Half of 2020” and “About the Regulations and Informational interaction of the CSTO Crisis Response Center ”and other documents were adopted.
In total the draft agenda of the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs includes 8 questions relating to almost all areas of the Organization.
The Collective Security Treaty (CST) was signed on May 15, 1992 in Tashkent. On May 14, 2002, the Collective Security Council at a session in Moscow decided to transform the mechanisms and cooperation structures of the CST member states into an international regional organization - the “Collective Security Treaty Organization”, giving it an appropriate status. September 18, 2003. The CSTO Charter entered into force. The Collective Security Treaty Organization includes: the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan.
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