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 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.
A meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Almaty
21.06.2024
On June 21, 2024, in Almaty, a meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held under the chairmanship of the Kazakh side. The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov made a report on the state of the international and regional situation and its impact on the security of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The meeting participants held a detailed discussion of a wide range of international issues with a focus on the problem of ensuring peace and stability in the CSTO collective security regions.
Based on the results of the meeting, the draft decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council "On the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border", previously approved by the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils, was agreed upon.
A number of statements were also adopted:
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on topical issues of the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes;
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in connection with the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on the situation in the Middle East and North Africa;
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Statement by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on expanding cooperation in the field of international information security.
