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.
BelTA news agency: CSTO countries will work out collective measures in the event of a sharp deterioration in the epidemiological situation
03.04.2020
April 3, Moscow / Eduard Pivovar – BELTA news agency /. The CSTO countries will develop joint collective response measures in case of a sharp deterioration in the epidemiological situation due to the spread of COVID-19 in the organization’s area of responsibility. BelTA news agency was informed today by CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov following a telephone conversation between CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and secretaries of security councils of the CSTO member states, including the Republic of Belarus.
An exchange of opinions on the epidemiological situation took place in each state that is part of the organization and the measures taken to counteract the spread of coronavirus, as well as minimizing the consequences. "The parties agreed to continue consultations to develop collective response measures in the event of a sharp deterioration in the epidemiological situation in the CSTO responsibility area," the Press Secretary said.
It was stated that the situation in the CSTO countries is under control. "The effectiveness of such control is achieved through the timely application of restrictive and preventive measures taken by governments, health care structures, sanitary and epidemiological inspection service and the competent authorities of the CSTO member states," Stanislav Zas said. He drew attention to the fact that currently in the Republic of Tajikistan not a single case of coronavirus infection has been officially recorded.
