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 trainings in the Republic of Kazakhstan will practice the elimination of biological emergencies for the first time
29.09.2022
The CSTO Collective Forces trainings in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which began on September 26, will practice tasks and activities to deal with the consequences of a biological emergency for the first time.
A new unit within the CSTO Collective Forces will be involved in practical actions to counter a notional particularly dangerous infection of unknown origin - a joint CSTO defense and medical support unit.
The core of this unit is made up of Russian specialists from research units of the Russian Ministry of Defense using new samples of equipment. All samples have been exhibited at international exhibitions and forums.
The active phase of the command-staff training of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2022", special trainings "Search-2022" with forces and means of intelligence and "Echelon-2022" - with Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics units will be held at the Kazakh training ground "Matybulak" from 3 to 7 October.
Military contingents of the CSTO member states will practice preparation and conduct of joint operation on localization of armed conflict in the Central Asian region of collective security.
Military contingents of the CSTO member states, task forces of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, special forces from special units of internal affairs bodies (police), security agencies and special services, as well as authorized bodies in the field of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations will participate in the
It is planned that the total number of training participants in the Republic of Kazakhstan will be more than 6,500 people and more than 850 units of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles will be involved.
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Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
