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.
Issues of improving crisis response and expert cooperation discussed in the CSTO
08.05.2026
On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
During the event, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov briefed the head of the Organization on the proposed areas for further improvement of the crisis response system.
The participants discussed in detail issues related to the interaction of the Crisis Response Center with the structures of international organizations, the operating algorithm of functional groups, as well as the mechanism for preparing proposals for CSTO bodies with a view to adopting decisions aimed at preventing and resolving crisis situations.
Special attention was paid to the unique capabilities of the expert-analytical platform designed to coordinate and strengthen collective security, which makes it possible to model and forecast scenarios for the development of situations, assess risks, and formulate recommendations for risk mitigation.
