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.
An offsite meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be held in Dushanbe on October 28
24.10.2019On October 28-29, 2019 in Dushanbe, an offsite meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan (WGA) under the CSTO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs with the participation of national coordinators for Afghanistan will be held.
Representatives of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure and the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia are also invited to the meeting of the Working Group..
The meeting is expected to discuss issues related to the military-political situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, measures taken by the CSTO to minimize security threats of the Organization's member states emanating from the territory of this country, as well as approve a plan for further work of the Group.
In addition, on October 28, the participation of the Head of the WGA, the National Coordinator of the Kyrgyz Republic for Afghanistan, Sagyn Ibraev, is planned in the Coordination Meeting of the Chairmen of the Committees (Commissions) for Defense and Security of the Parliaments of the CSTO Member States.
