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.
Regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils held in Moscow
26.05.2026
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils and Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu noted in particular: “The main threat comes from NATO and the countries of the so-called ‘civilized’ Europe that are part of the bloc, which have fallen into a state of revanchist and militaristic fervor. In the Alliance Secretary General’s 2025 report, Mark Rutte proudly states that military spending by all member states has increased, exceeding a total of USD 1.5 trillion. The leaders are far from the wealthiest countries — Eastern European states and the Baltic countries, which spend around 4% of their national GDPs allegedly on ‘defense’.”
In his remarks, Talatbek Masadykov emphasized: “The situation in the Eastern European collective security region remains the most difficult. Amid the effective collapse of the system of international treaties that for a long time served as the foundation of the European security architecture, a number of Western leaders have embarked on a course toward militarization and preparation for war.”
On the sidelines of the meeting, the Russian and Belarusian sides signed a Cooperation Plan on Information Security.
Following the meeting, a number of documents were adopted, including the draft Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council “On the Anti-Terrorism Strategy of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization until 2030” and the Decision of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils “On the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Anti-Drug Strategy of the CSTO Member States for 2026–2030.”
