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 Second protocol on amendments to the CSTO Charter has been ratified in Kyrgyzstan
19.01.2020
President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov signed the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic "On ratification of the Second Protocol on Amending the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of October 7, 2002 and the Second Protocol of Amending the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992, signed on November 8, 2018 years in the city of Astana. "
The law was adopted by the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic on December 12, 2019. According to this Law, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic is required to notify the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of the ratification of the above protocols by the Kyrgyz Republic. The law shall enter into force 10 days after the date of its official publication.
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The Second protocol on amending the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty of October 7, 2002 and the Second protocol on amending the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, 1992 were developed by the CSTO Secretariat due to the fact that the Armenian side informed about the transition of the Republic of Armenia to parliamentary form of government from April 9, 2018. In accordance with the provisions of the national legislation of the Republic of Armenia, the Armed Forces are subordinate to the Government. In case of urgent need, the decision on the use of the Armed Forces is made by the Prime Minister, who heads the Security Council and is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia during the war.
Source: https://www.tuz.kg/news/2491_ratificirovan_vtoroy_protokol_o_vnesenii_izmeneniy_v_ystav_odkb.html
