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.
Russian attack aircrafts will support the CSTO Collective Forces at the “Rubezh-2022” training in the Republic of Tajikistan
14.10.2022
Russian Su-25 attack aircrafts will support from the air the Central Asian region's Collective Rapid Deployment Forces in the joint training "Rubezh-2022" in southern Tajikistan.
In the course of the active phase of the training, aircraft crews will practice searching for and destroying enemy targets by carrying out airstrikes on “enemy” positions at the “Harbmaydon” training range.
The active phase of the training will take place from 17 to 21 October. Military contingents of the member states of the Central Asian region, task forces of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat will take part in the practical actions. The core of the Russian contingent is made up of servicemen of the Central Military District from the 201st Military Base.
Participants will practice the preparation and conduct of a joint CAR CRDF operation to destroy illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
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Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
