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 Permanent Council reviewed proposals for the development of a targeted program to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border.
15.01.2019
January 15th of this year A meeting of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held under the chairmanship of Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic Aman Mambetseitov, in which Valery Semerikov, Acting Secretary General of the CSTO, took part.
A draft Proposal for the development of a draft Target Interstate Program of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to strengthen sections of the Tajik-Afghan border was considered. It was decided to send this document to domestic approval.
During the meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council, plenipotentiaries discussed and finalized the draft List of topics for joint statements in 2019. A draft Statement on the Formation of a Single and Indivisible Security Space was also reviewed. Work on these documents will continue at subsequent meetings of the Permanent Council.
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CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov
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