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 CSC session was held in Astana
28.11.2024
On November 28, 2024, in Astana, a session of the CSTO Collective Security Council was held under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The session was attended by the heads of the member states, the Secretary General of the Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov and Chief of the Joint Staff, Colonel General, Andrei Serdyukov.
The meeting participants have exchanged detailed views on the politico-military situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, discussed the results of cooperation and prospects for the further development of the collective security system. The results of the discussion are reflected in the Declaration of the Collective Security Council adopted during the session.
In order to further develop the collective security system, the heads of CSTO member states adopted a number of decisions aimed at further strengthening allied ties, enhancing foreign policy coordination and equipping the Organization's Collective Forces. Pursuant to an earlier decision of the CSTO CSC “On providing assistance to the Republic of Tajikistan to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border”, the CSTO Special Interstate Policy for strengthening sections of the Tajik-Afghan Border was approved, the implementation of which is envisaged for 2025-2030.
Special attention was paid to the preparation for the joint celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The activities of the Kazakh side during its chairmanship in the CSTO were highly appreciated. It was decided to transfer the chairmanship from the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kyrgyz Republic from January 1, 2025, in connection with which the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov presented the priorities for the period of the Kyrgyz Republic's chairmanship in the Organization.
The next session of the CSTO CSC will be held in the fourth quarter of 2025 in Bishkek.
