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.
On March 1, in Almaty, the results of the international anti-drug operation of the CSTO “Channel” - “Channel Center” will take place
28.02.2019On March 1, 2019, at the site of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (Abay Avenue, 52) at 11.30 local time, the next stage of the international anti-drug operation “Channel” - Channel Center.
The meeting will be attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, representatives of observer states and international organizations.
The operation is aimed at identifying illicit trafficking in synthetic drugs and new types of psychoactive substances, as well as blocking routes for the illicit transportation of drugs in regions directly adjacent to Afghanistan. Taking into account the effectiveness of annual coordinated events, it has been given the status of a permanent regional anti-drug operation (CSTO).
As part of the previous stage of the international special anti-drug operation "Channel" - "Red Barkhan", the main activities of which took place from 10 to 14 September 2018 in the territory of Kazakhstan more than 11 tons of 132 kg of drugs were seized from illegal circulation, including 6 tons of 533 kg of opium and 88 kg of heroin.
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