On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
A Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg
21.05.2026
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The event, which was held in person with some delegations participating via videoconference, featured addresses by the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, as well as presentations by representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian Interior Ministry, the Russian Ministry of Education, the Military Medical Academy, the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking and the CSTO Secretariat, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and heads of narcological services of the CSTO member states.
The meeting was moderated by Chief Freelance Specialist Psychiatrist-Narcologist of the Russian Ministry of Health Svetlana Shport.
During the meeting, the chief narcologists of the CSTO member states discussed the situation related to non-medical drug use in the CSTO member states, as well as trends in the drug situation. The participants analyzed issues related to prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts, including those abusing new types of psychoactive substances, coordination of interaction and organization of cooperation with law enforcement agencies and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the field of drug control and demand reduction.
The participants exchanged best practices and methodologies in the field of preventing the use of psychoactive substances and preventing narcological disorders.
Agreements were reached on mutual internships for профильных specialists and on the implementation by the medical community of the Anti-Drug Strategy of the CSTO member states for 2026–2030 in the relevant areas.
The participants of the meeting of chief narcologists of the CSTO member states visited the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution “City Narcological Hospital” and familiarized themselves with the work of the narcological service units of St. Petersburg.
The next Coordination Meeting is planned to be held in Tajikistan in 2027.
The Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was established by a decision of the CSTO Committee of Security Council Secretaries in 2013.
