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.
Minsk hosted a meeting of the CSTO Coordinating Council on advertising and exhibition activities
19.05.2023
On May 19 this year, in the framework of the business program of the XI International Exhibition of Armament and Military Equipment "MILEX - 2023", the XV meeting of the Coordinating Council of authorized bodies of the CSTO member states on advertising and exhibition activities of the CSTO was held. The meeting participants discussed preparations of international salons of arms which will be held on the territory of the CSTO member states in 2023 - 2024 and planning of their business and exhibition programs in the format of the Organization. A common interest in organizing and holding such events was expressed. The Head of the Coordination Council Victor Zinoviev presented information on the CSTO ICMEC Working Plan for 2024.
