A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen
19.05.2026On May 19, 2026, Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev met in Vienna with Director of the Division for Operations of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Bo Mathiasen.
The parties discussed issues related to cooperation between the CSTO and the UNODC in combating illicit drug trafficking, as well as interaction in this area with specialized divisions of a number of other international structures, including the Eurasian Group, the International Narcotics Control Board, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as well as relevant structures of the SCO and CIS.
The UNODC Office was informed about the upcoming Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states to be held in St. Petersburg on May 20, 2026, as well as about the CSTO subregional anti-drug operation “Kanal-Yantarny Bereg,” scheduled to take place from June 29 to July 4, with its headquarters deployed in Kaliningrad.
The parties reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening contacts and cooperation between specialists from the CSTO member states and representatives of the UNODC.
