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.
The 22nd meeting of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization to combat illegal migration was held in Bishkek
20.06.2019
The meeting was attended by delegations from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Alymbay Sultanov and the Director of the IOM Bureau in Moscow A. Esoev.
At the beginning of the meeting, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization A.A. Sultanov made a welcoming speech on behalf of the CSTO Acting Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
When considering the migration situation in the CSTO space, the Council's members noted that the current situation in this area in the states is stable and controlled. Also in their speeches, the participants positively evaluated the measures taken by the competent authorities of the Organization's member states to control migration processes and counteract illegal migration.
During the meeting, the members of the Coordination Council agreed to complete the work on the draft Agreement on cooperation in combating illegal migration and decided to organize in their countries a further elaboration of a draft document in part of uncoordinated issues and to complete its refinement for the upcoming consultations on September in the Secretariat of the Organization.
When reviewing the issue of the results of "Illegal" ("Nelegal") Operation, the meeting participants decided to take part in the operation as an observer or partner to bring its outcomes to partners at various international sites held on migration and law enforcement topics.
In addition, during the meeting, the participants exchanged experience in the Organization's member states on monitoring the entry, stay and departure of foreign nationals who arrived in a visa-free manner, as well as in countering the use of fictitious marriages by migrants to legalize themselves in the territory of the CSTO member states .
In conclusion of the meeting of the Coordination Council, the Head of the Migration Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, General-Major of Police, Valentina Kazakova, was appointed as the new Secretary of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration.
The next meeting of the Coordination Council will be held in 2020 in the territory of the Russian Federation.
