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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
A joint meeting of the CSTO ICMEC heads and members of the national parts and the CSTO ICMEC Business Council was held in Minsk
18.05.2023
On May 18 this year, in the framework of the business program of the XI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX - 2023", an offsite Joint meeting of the CSTO ICMEC heads and members of national parts and the CSTO ICMEC Business Council was held.
The event was chaired by Vyacheslav Rossolay, the Deputy Chairman of the State Military Industrial Committee of the Republic of Belarus and Head of the Belarusian National Part of the ICMEC.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, representatives of ministries, departments, enterprises and organizations of defense-industrial (military-industrial) complexes of the CSTO member states, officials and employees of the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff also participated in the meeting.
The meeting participants expressed mutual interest in the further development of military-economic cooperation. In their opinion, it is necessary to further expand cooperative ties between enterprises and organizations of defense-industrial complexes of the CSTO member states, develop a network of service centers to repair weapons and military equipment, create joint ventures to produce military, dual and special purpose products, and improve processes of diversification in the production of defense enterprises.
The ICMEC national parts expressed an interest in the further development of military and economic cooperation within the CSTO and considered appropriate to continue the implementation of relevant activities. In particular, the meeting participants stressed the need to adopt in the near future within the CSTO format an agreement on the standardization of armaments and military equipment within the CSTO.
On May 19, as part of the business program of the Exhibition "MILEX - 2023", a meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Authorized Bodies of the CSTO member states on advertising and exhibition activities will be held.
