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.
In Minsk, a working session was held on the topic: “Prospects for collective security in Eurasia: the CSTO area of responsibility as a space for dialogue”
29.10.2025
On October 29, 2025, a working session on “Prospects for collective security in Eurasia: The CSTO area of responsibility as a space for dialogue” was held in the Belarusian capital as part of the III Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. It was attended by representatives of expert communities from the CSTO member states, Uzbekistan, India, Vietnam, and a number of other countries.
The meeting was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
Igor Sekret, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, and Taalatbek Masadykov, Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO, addressed the participants with opening remarks.
An exchange of views took place on a wide range of issues related to ensuring regional security.
Particular attention was paid to the prospects for implementing the ideas of the Eurasian Charter of diversity and multipolarity in the 21st century. Representatives of expert communities recognized the significant potential of this draft document as an initiative capable of coordinating constructive interaction between countries in the region in the interests of security and development in Greater Eurasia.
The participants in the discussion noted the important role of the Issyk-Kul Initiative, adopted in June this year as part of an expert dialogue organized at the initiative of the CSTO Secretariat, in terms of establishing the ideological basis and format of the expert community.
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat reported on work being done on a Conceptual Report entitled “The Great Eurasian Partnership: Shared Responsibility for a Secure Future,” which is scheduled for release in November of this year.
