In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, reconnaissance groups have begun practicing practical actions in designated areas as part of the CSTO special exercise with reconnaissance forces and assets “Search-2026”.
The CSTO Secretariat held the 35th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan at the CSTO Ministerial Council
01.04.2022
On April 1, 2022, the 35th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan at the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev. Delegations of the Organization's member States and representatives of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, the CIS ATC, the CIS Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troop Commanders, the SCO RATS and the ICRC also took part in the event.
In the course of the meeting, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. Ordabayev noted that the Afghan issue continued to be very topical for the international community. Significant attention was paid to this issue in the framework of the meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council (December 2021) as well as on February 16, this year, during the meeting of the UN Security Council devoted to the cooperation between the UN and the CSTO in ensuring global security. The timeliness of the Third Ministerial Conference of Afghanistan's Neighboring Countries (March 31, this year, China) on the promotion of post-conflict reconstruction and the normalization of the socio-economic situation in this state was emphasized.
The meeting participants held a thorough exchange of views on the military and political situation in Afghanistan. Information on cooperation of the CSTO member States in training law enforcement, customs and anti-drug structures was considered. The results of the work of the Group for the first half of 2022 were summarized.
At the end the Protocol of the meeting and the Plan of work of the Group for the second half of 2022 were adopted.
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