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 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.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski met with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
01.12.2018On November 30, 2018, the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Piotr Tsikhanouski took part in the International Conference on International Humanitarian Law: "The 150th anniversary of the St. Petersburg Declaration on the abolition of certain explosive shells during the war: new contexts, former significance" organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of States Parties to the Commonwealth of Independent States in St. Petersburg.
In his speech at the plenary meeting, Piotr Tsikhanouski stressed the importance and timeliness of the conference, described the level of interaction between the ICRC and the CSTO Secretariat, and also drew attention to the need to establish close cooperation between the ICRC and the CSTO itself in areas of mutual interest.
A working meeting between Piotr Tsikhanouski and ICRC President Peter Mauer took place on the “margins” of the conference, during which there was a substantive dialogue on humanitarian issues relevant to both organizations, based on which mutual interest was expressed in improving the mechanism of interaction between the CSTO and the ICRC on compliance with the provisions of international humanitarian law in armed conflicts and emergency situations.
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