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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
The CSTO Joint Staff held consultations on improving the organization and conduct of flights in the airspace of the Organization member states and international flights of aviation of the armed forces of the CSTO member states
14.04.2023
On 13-14 April, at the CSTO Joint Staff, Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat held consultations on the issue "Organization and performance of flights (transit) in the airspace of CSTO member states and international flights of aviation of the armed forces of the CSTO member states".
Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev, Head of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) Planning Department, chaired the consultations with representatives of concerned ministries and agencies from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Secretariat, the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat.
In the course of consultations, proposals on amendments to the Agreement on the Status of formations of the CSTO Collective Security forces and means of December 10, 2010 and the Agreement on cooperation of the CSTO member states in transportation of military and other formations, their movable property and military goods of September 15, 2015 were reviewed, clarified and agreed upon.
At the end of the event Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev noted that the consultations were fruitful, during the joint work we were able to discuss proposals on current areas of interest, to bring the positions of the parties closer, to agree and record the agreements reached.
