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.
Courses were held at the Military Academy of the General Staff of Russia for the leadership of the state authorities of the CSTO member states
12.04.2019
From April 1 to April 12, 2019, on the basis of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, regular specialized training courses were held for senior management and leading specialists of state authorities of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization responsible for various activities in the field of collective security .
A specialized training program for students was provided for a course of lectures and practical exercises on military-political issues, crisis response to contemporary challenges and threats, military cooperation in the CSTO format, military strategy, military management and the military economy.
Representatives of the CSTO member states were trained on favorable terms stipulated by the Agreement on the training of military personnel for the CSTO member states.
Upon completion of the course by the leadership of the Academy, students received certificates of advanced training.
Courses of leading specialists of the state authorities of the CSTO member states conducted on an annual basis greatly contribute to the further strengthening of allied relations within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty.
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CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov
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