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.
A joint training with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the Central Asian Region and the CSTO peacekeeping forces "Indestructable Brotherhood-2019" will be held in Tajikistan from October 21 to 29
21.10.2019
In accordance with the Plan for the joint training of control bodies command, and force and means generation of the CSTO collective security system for 2019 from October 21 to 29, this year, in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan, it is planned to conduct a joint training with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the Central Asian region and the CSTO peacekeeping forces "Frontier-2019" and "Indestructuble Brotherhood-2019" as part of the joint operational-strategic training “Combat Brotherhood-2019”.
The joint training “Frontier-2019” and “Indestructible Brotherhood-2019” will be attended by military contingents and police forces allocated from the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the Central Asian region and the CSTO peacekeeping forces. At the same time, representatives of regional organizations of the International Committee of the Red Cross, military attaches accredited in the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as representatives of veteran organizations, authorities and local self-government are planning to participate in the final phase.
The training will be attended by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski, the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Secretariat representatives and military men of the CSTO Joint Staff.
Taking into account the common practice of conducting joint trainings in the CSTO format, representatives of the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Army were invited and will take part as observers at the final stage of the joint training “Undestructable Brotherhood-2019”.
The training is planned to be held at the Khybmardon training ground under the leadership of Deputy Commander of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Lieutenant General Yuri Petrov.
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