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.
Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General takes part in the conference “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development”
12.06.2026
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
The participants were unanimous in their view that Central Asia is currently becoming an example of good-neighborly and mutually beneficial relations among sovereign states, and that the key task is to preserve the region’s sustainable development.
In his remarks, Samat Ordabayev highlighted the growing role of regional organizations in maintaining international security and emphasized the positive contribution of the CSTO and the SCO to stability in Central Asia.
The Acting Deputy Secretary General also noted that a successful example of interaction among regional organizations is the consistent implementation of the Roadmap for Cooperation between the CSTO, the SCO, and the CIS for 2026–2028, signed by the Secretaries General of the three organizations in Beijing in September 2025.
