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 reported that dialogue and cooperation with China were on the agenda
16.12.2021"The issue of establishing dialogue and cooperation with the PRC is on the agenda of the CSTO. We believe that interaction should be based on universally recognized principles of international law, in accordance with the goals and principles of the United Nations Charter, as well as the CSTO Charter," he said.
According to Zaynetdinov, the CSTO Secretariat welcomes the statement made by President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China during his talks with the Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 15. The Chinese leader expressed Beijing's intention to continue flexible and multifaceted cooperation with Russia and other CSTO countries in order to preserve security and stability in the region.
On December 15, the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping had a video conference. Yuri Ushakov, Assistant to the Russian President, told reporters that the conversation between the two heads of state lasted about an hour and a half. According to him, the Russian and Chinese leaders discussed "literally all urgent and important problems" - from security guarantees for Moscow in Europe to the creation of new alliances in the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, Putin and Xi Jinping discussed bilateral relations and future meetings, one of which could take place in February 2022.
