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 Republic of Belarus has discussed details of joint CSTO trainings
05.06.2025
On 3-5 June, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the joint trainings with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) “Interaction-2025”, special trainings with intelligence forces and means “Search-2025” and logistics “Echelon-2025” conducted as part of the joint operational-strategic training “Combat Brotherhood-2025”.
The staff talks were attended by representatives of the ministries and departments concerned from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Secretariat of the Organization and a group of officers led by Lieutenant General Khasan Kaloyev, First Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff.
In the course of the staff talks, the plans for the trainings, linked to the objectives of the joint strategic training of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation “West-2025”, the issues of the organization of leadership, the composition of the national contingents' command and control bodies and units to be trained, the order of practical operations, as well as the issues of the organization of comprehensive support, were clarified and agreed upon.
Reconnaissance of the areas for the trainings planned for September of this year at the “Losvido” and “Lepelsky” firing ranges was carried out.
The CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces are designed to respond promptly to challenges and threats to the security of CSTO member states. The CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces comprise mobile formations and military units of permanent readiness of the armed forces of the CSTO member states, staffed to full strength, equipped with modern and compatible weapons and military (special) equipment, as well as formations of special-purpose forces from among the special units of the internal affairs (police), security and special services bodies and the authorized bodies responsible for preventing and dealing with the consequences of emergency situations.
