From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
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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.
