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 Secretary General spoke at a meeting of the Committee on CIS Affairs of the Russian State Duma
20.01.2022
On January 20, this year, the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in a meeting of the Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The meeting was also attended by the chairmen of the Committees on Defense, Security and Counteraction to Corruption.
The CSTO Secretary General briefed the deputies on the situation in the Eastern European, Caucasus and Central Asian regions of the CSTO collective security and outlined the threats emanating from the territory of Afghanistan. Stanislav Zas stressed the need to assist the Republic of Tajikistan in deterring potential threats.
He also spoke about the organization's activities in foreign policy coordination, military cooperation, and countering challenges and threats.
The CSTO Secretary General separately informed deputies about the results of the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan. "The operation was successfully completed, all contingents of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces have completely withdrawn from the country and returned to their permanent bases. There are no casualties among the personnel, weapons and military equipment," Stanislav Zas noted. He also reported that the rapid deployment of the CSTO CPF in accordance with Articles 2 and 4 of the Collective Security Treaty, at the request of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, helped to quickly turn the tide in the Republic of Kazakhstan and restore stability and constitutional order in the country. The UN Security Council was notified of this decision, as well as the Secretaries General of the OSCE and the SCO," he said.
After the speech of the CSTO Secretary General there was an exchange of views on the activities of the CSTO and its parliamentary component, the CSTO PA.
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