The Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov received the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states and the Secretary General of the Organization in Cholpon-Ata on June 30. The meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
On June 30, 2025, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Cholpon-Ata (the Kyrgyz Republic) under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz side, which was attended by the Organization's Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov.
Safar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats of the CSTO Secretariat, took part in a special event (side-event) on "Countering Radicalization leading to terrorism and Extremism" organized by the Russian Federation on the margins of the OSCE Annual Conference on Security Review, where he reported on the measures taken by the CSTO on countering terrorism and extremism, and willingness to share the experience gained.
On June 19, 2025, in Bosteri, Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic, the XIX meeting of the Council of the Advisory Coordination Center of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC) was held, which was attended by delegations of representatives of national authorized bodies for responding to computer incidents of the CSTO member states.
On June 24-26, the second staff negotiations were held in the Kyrgyz Republic on the organization and conduct an operational meeting with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) and a command and staff training with units of the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2025", conducted as part of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
Meeting of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering the Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO member states was held in Yerevan
18.11.2022
On November 18 this year, in Yerevan, the 24th session of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering the Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO member states was held with the participation of Major General Vahe Ghazaryan, Police Chief of the Republic of Armenia, and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
The meeting was attended by deputy interior ministers of the CSTO member states and heads of departments for combating drug trafficking.
In his welcoming speech, Vahe Ghazaryan praised the work of the Coordinating Council on Combating Drug Trafficking and focused his attention on the problem of selling drugs through the Internet. Vahe Ghazaryan noted that within the frames of the reforms implemented by the Armenian Police, a specialized unit was created within the Criminal Police Department aimed at revealing cases of illegal drug trafficking through the Internet and there were already positive results. The head of the Police of the Republic of Armenia wished the participants of the session constructive and effective work.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov also addressed the meeting. Thanking the Armenian police leadership for the warm reception, he briefed on the work done in the fight against drug trafficking. Valery Semerikov praised the "Channel" anti-drug operation conducted in the territories of the CSTO member states, during which a large number of various drugs were discovered and seized.
At the suggestion of Valery Semerikov, the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Colonel General of Police Andrey Khrapov was elected as Chairman of the Council.
The Council has discussed the main trends in the drug situation on the territory of the CSTO member states in 2022, the implementation of the anti-drug operation "Channel", and also discussed issues related to the CSTO main plan of action.
Relevant decisions were adopted based on the results of the council meeting.
