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.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
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.
The CSTO Secretariat hosted a meeting of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski with the Deputy Head of the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Russia, Belarus and Moldova Marie Dubeau
06.06.2019
On June 6, 2019, in Moscow the CSTO Secretariat held a working meeting of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski with the Deputy Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation in Russia, Belarus and Moldova Marie Dubeau with the participation of the CSTO Secretariat staff, the CSTO Joint Staff and representatives of the ICRC.
During the working meeting, there was a constructive exchange of views on cooperation issues between the CSTO and the ICRC of mutual interest.
The completeness and quality of the implementation of the “Plan of Cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the Regional Delegation of the ICRC in Russia, Belarus and Moldova for 2019” was discussed.
Also, the prospects for the preparation and participation of representatives of the ICRC Regional Delegation in the trainings with the CSTO Peacemaking Force “The Indestructible Brotherhood-2019”, which is scheduled to take place in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan in October of this year, were discussed
One of the important results of the meeting was the confirmation of mutual interest in the development of cooperation in important areas of international humanitarian law in terms of the application of its norms in the activities of the CSTO.
CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov
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