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.
FEBRUARY 2 - ONLINE - BRIEFING OF THE CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL STANISLAV ZAS
25.01.2021"The military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it, the results of the CSTO activities in 2020 and the tasks for 2021"
On February 2, 2021, at 12.00 Moscow time, the press center of the TASS news agency will host an online briefing by the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Stanislav Zas on the topic “The military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it, the results of the CSTO activities in 2020 and the tasks for 2021” with video connection of media representatives by prior accreditation.
At the end of 2020, meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies were held - the Collective Security Council, the Council of Ministers of Defense, the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils, at which an assessment of the military-political situation in the area of responsibility of the Collective Security Treaty Organization and around it at present was given, important documents were signed concerning the coordination of the CSTO's foreign policy activities, the development of the military component of the Organization and countering modern challenges and threats. The CSTO Collective Security Council Declaration was adopted, tasks were set to implement the Organization's priorities in 2021.
Stanislav Zas will also inform about important steps to develop the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces to participate in peacekeeping operations under the auspices of the UN.
The CSTO includes the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and the Republic of Tajikistan.
Accreditation is available through the press center of the TASS news agency.
Tel: +7 (499) 791-03-87, +7 (903) 284-25-41. Media representatives can take part in the event remotely by prior accreditation. To do this, when registering, one must specify the personal mobile phone number to which the WhatsApp application is linked.
The broadcast will be available on the TASS news agency website on the announcement page and the CSTO website odkb-csto.orgodkb-csto.org, as well as in the press center of the TASS news agency group on Facebook and on the CSTO's official accounts:
Twitter https://twitter.com/CSTO_ODKB
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7-495-795-27-10
+7-495-621-33-23-tel
E-mail: odkb-pressa@gov.ru
