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 Imangali Tasmagambetov and members of the Organization's Permanent Council held a retreat in Almaty
23.06.2024
On 22 June 2024, in Almaty, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov at a meeting with members of the Permanent Council of the Organization summarized the results of the past meetings of the Council of Ministers of Defense, the Council of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers.
The importance of the documents adopted during the meetings, including the draft Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council "On the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border" and the statements of parliamentarians and foreign ministers from the point of view of ensuring collective security was stressed.
The parties' interest in finding mutually acceptable approaches was noted. were They have discussed measures to implement the decisions taken.
The participants of the meeting expressed gratitude to the Kazakh side for the high level of organization of events.
