From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
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.
