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 has agreed on Plan for a regional operation to counter illegal migration in 2025
26.03.2025
On 26 March 2025, a meeting of the International Headquarters of the CSTO regional operation “Illegal” was held under the chairmanship of Valentina L. Kazakova, Lieutenant General of Police, Secretary of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Bodies of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration and Head of the GUVM MIA of the Russian Federation.
Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, took part in the meeting and made a welcoming speech to the participants.
During the meeting, the heads and members of the national headquarters of the Organization's member states for the preparation and conduct of the operation, together with the participating representatives of the Anti-Terrorist Center and the Coordination Service of the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops of the CIS member states, as well as representatives of other interacting services of the CSTO member states, discussed the concept of the operation under the conditional name “Illegal-2025” and agreed on the timing of the stages of active measures in the current year, and clarified the procedure for the implementation of the operation.
