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.
The 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev took part in the UN Secretariat consultations
28.04.2023
On April 28, 2023, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev took part in consultations organized by the UN Secretariat with the heads of several regional organizations cooperating with the UN as part of the high-level interactive dialogue on the UN Secretary General António Guterres' "New Agenda for Peace" initiative.
The consultations were chaired by the UN Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs and Peacebuilding Rosemary A. DiCarlo. The UN Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the heads of the UN Counter-Terrorism Office and the UNODA participated in the consultations.
In his speech, Samat Ordabaev supported the UN Secretary General's thesis, outlined in "New Agenda for Peace," about the importance of reducing strategic security risks through preventive regional activities and emphasized that strengthening cooperation between the CSTO and the UN could be a good tool for updating the current international agenda in general and, in particular, for strengthening the role and authority of the UN Security Council.
Participants of consultations were reminded that our Organization, established in 2002, was an observer at the UN General Assembly since 2004, every two years the UN GA adopted a resolution "On Cooperation between the UN and the CSTO”. We were also delighted to note the high assessment of the CSTO performance voiced in the Resolution adopted at the 77th Session of the UN GA (November 21, 2022), which particularly noted that "since the signing of the Collective Security Treaty, the CSTO has transformed into a multifunctional structure with the capability to respond adequately to a wide range of challenges and threats in its area of responsibility”. The positive role of the CSTO in maintaining regional security has been repeatedly noted in a number of open debates in the UN Security Council on the topic of cooperation.
The existing experience of interaction between the CSTO and specialized UN structures has formed a solid foundation for the future. In the long term, the participation of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the UN peacekeeping operations appears to be one of its most important areas. This and other areas of contacts will be developed on the basis of joint Declaration on Cooperation between the CSTO and the UN Secretariat dated March 18, 2010, and existing Memoranda and Protocols on Interaction between the CSTO and the UN in different spheres.
It was stressed that the CSTO was aimed at effective implementation in its area of responsibility the tasks of maintaining international peace and security, combating new challenges and threats and preventive diplomacy, and was ready to contribute to the relevant wider efforts of the UN - the main international partner of the CSTO.
