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.
Consultations of the CSTO member states on cooperation in arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation issues took place in Moscow
02.04.2019
On April 2, 2019, in Moscow, under the chairmanship of the head of the CSTO Secretariat political cooperation department Ara Badalyan, consultations of the CSTO member states delegations “On Cooperation in Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation” with the participation of the CSTO Secretariat representatives were held.
A thorough exchange of views took place on urgent issues and prospects for the further development of the situation in the mentioned field. The approaches of the CSTO member states on nuclear weapons control and non-proliferation issues, preventing an arms race in the space, strengthening and enhancing the effectiveness of existing regimes prohibiting chemical and biological weapons, implementing existing international legal documents and agreements, as well as on issues of interaction in the politico-military dimension of the OSCE, were verified.
The readiness of the CSTO member states to continue the collective efforts to build an international system of reliable, equal and indivisible security for all, restoring trust and mutual respect in interstate relations was confirmed. 
