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.
A working meeting of the CSTO member States Foreign Ministers was held in Stockholm
02.12.2021
On December 2, this year, in Stockholm, a working meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member States took place within the framework of the 28th meeting of the OSCE CFM. The meeting was attended by the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas.
In the course of the meeting the Foreign Ministers exchanged opinions on priority directions of cooperation in the CSTO format, as well as on topical issues of the 28th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
The working meeting was held in a traditionally friendly atmosphere, and the parties confirmed the focus on the development of interaction within the CSTO and further strengthening of contacts with the OSCE.
