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 CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers met in Minsk
20.06.2023
On June 20, this year, in Minsk, a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held under the chairmanship of Sergei Aleinik, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, with the participation of Imangali Tasmagambetov, the CSTO Secretary General.
The heads of foreign ministries have exchanged detailed views on the international and regional situation, its impact on security in the Organization's area of responsibility and further steps to develop the CSTO's external relations.
At the end of the meeting, political statements were adopted on topical issues of the international agenda and a package of organizational documents aimed at improving the effectiveness of the CSTO activities was approved.
In accordance with the Protocol decision, the next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization will be held in the fourth quarter of 2023 in Minsk.
