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 on "Creating Conditions for the Involvement of the CSTO Peacekeeping Potential in the UN Peacekeeping Operations" were held in Moscow
11.10.2022
On October 11, 2022, Moscow hosted consultations of representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states on "Creating Conditions for the Involvement of the CSTO Peacekeeping Potential in the UN Peacekeeping Operations”.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev, authorized representatives to the CSTO, experts from interested ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states, employees of embassies of the member states and the Organization Secretariat, as well as experts from the UN Secretariat participated in the event (via videoconferencing).
In the course of consultations, approaches to the functions, tasks and powers of the coordinating state, prospects for the CSTO CPF involvement in the UN peacekeeping operations, taking into account the existing experience in this area, were discussed. The importance of CSTO's effective participation in global peacekeeping efforts was emphasized.
The consultations confirmed a high degree of convergence in the approaches of the CSTO member states and their focus on further strengthening cooperation with the UN in peacekeeping.
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CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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