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.
Staff negotiations on the organization of a command and staff trainings with units of the CAR CRDF “Rubezh-2025” were held in Kyrgyzstan
26.06.2025
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".
The negotiations were attended by representatives of interested ministries and departments of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Organization's Secretariat and a group of officers of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel Azamat Dyushembekov.
During the staff negotiations, the procedure for conducting an operational meeting with the Command of the CAR CRDF and the plan of the training, the timing and procedure for the arrival of national contingents, the procedure for practical actions, as well as the organization of comprehensive support were agreed upon.
A reconnaissance of the training area was carried out on the territory of the “Edelweiss” training center and on the Issyk-Kul Lake water area.
The CAR CRDF are designed to carry out tasks to ensure the military security of the CSTO member states of the Central Asian region of collective security, including to participate in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counter–terrorism operations. The CSTO member states allocate military units and permanent readiness units equipped with modern weapons, military and special equipment to the CRDF national contingents.
