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.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov spoke at the “INFOFORUM-2022” Forum on Information Security
03.02.2022
On February 3, this year, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov addressed the Grand National Forum of Information Security
“INFOFORUM-2022”, which opened in Moscow at the Moscow Government Building on Novy Arbat.
According to Valery Semerikov, mutual intertwining of threats to security is growing, the struggle in the information space is intensifying and the state of the environment continues to deteriorate. The preconditions for radical sentiments, including those based on inter-confessional and intra-religious contradictions, remain, which is fraught with domestic political excesses and increasing tensions in international relations.
“In this context, the protection of peace and inclusive development remain the most pressing challenges. The need to build in the region a universal, comprehensive, inclusive, transparent architecture, indivisible and lasting security and sustainable growth based on the principles of the rule of international law, the non-use of force or the threat of force, respect for territorial integrity, state sovereignty and independence of countries, and open, equal and mutually beneficial cooperation is coming to the fore. In this regard, the role of regional organizations, one of which is the Collective Security Treaty Organization, is increasing," the CSTO Deputy Secretary General said.
(Full text of the speech of V. A. Semerikov)
"Inforum-2022" will continue its work until February 4.
