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.
Contingents of the Central Asian region's Collective Rapid Deployment Forces are heading to the Republic of Tajikistan to participate in the joint training “Rubezh-2022”
10.10.2022
From October 10 to 21, 2022, joint training "Rubezh-2022" with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region is held on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The subject of the training is "Preparation and conduct of combat operations by the CRDF CAR on destroying illegal armed groups invading the territory of a CSTO member state”.
The active phase of the training will take place at the “Harbmaidon” training range from 17 to 21 October.
Military contingents of the member states of the Central Asian region of the CSTO, task forces of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat will take part in the training.
It is planned that the total number of training participants in the Republic of Tajikistan will be about 1,000 people and more than 300 units of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters and strike drones.
The CSTO member states of the Central Asian region of collective security include in national formations (contingents) of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces military formations, units and subunits of the armed forces and other troops, formations and bodies in which military service is stipulated, equipped with highly mobile military equipment, interoperable weapons and communication systems, as well as combat, logistics and technical support units and groups of civil specialists.
The main tasks of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of collective security are to participate in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counterterrorist operations.
These tasks are carried out in the form of general and special combat operations of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of collective security according to a unified concept and plan.
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Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
