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 "Echelon-2021", "Search-2021" and "Interaction-2021" started in the Republic of Tajikistan
18.10.2021
The opening ceremony of special trainings "Echelon-2021", "Search-2021" and joint training "Interaction-2021" took place on October 18, this year, at the training ground of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan "Kharbmaidon" within the joint operational-strategic CSTO training "Battle Brotherhood-2021".
Lieutenant General Emomali Sobirzoda, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan, welcoming the training participants, noted that the situation in the Central Asian region against the background of the events taking place in Afghanistan remained difficult and tended to escalate. The readiness of the assets of collective security to carry out the earmarked tasks took on great significance and relevance.
Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, speaking at the opening ceremony of the training, said: "We pay special attention to the Central Asian region. The main source of instability is the situation in and around the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. That's why for the first time we're conducting three simultaneous trainings as part of our joint training”. He wished the special training participants to demonstrate their best qualities: high professionalism, teamwork, and, if necessary, mutual assistance and support, and to confirm their readiness to act to ensure the collective security of our states.
In his turn, Lieutenant General Yevgeny Poplavsky, the Deputy Commander of the troops of the Central Military District, stated that the trainings were designed to improve the interoperability of military contingents of the CSTO member States and wished the participants successful fulfillment of combat training tasks.
A group of troops (Collective Forces) of the CSTO has begun to practice the tasks of preparing and conducting a joint operation to localize an armed border conflict associated with attempts to penetrate the territory of a member State of the Organization by militants of international terrorist organizations.
In the course of a special training with the assets of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO troops (Collective Forces) "Echelon-2021" the issues of organization of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the preparation and during a joint operation will be practiced.
A special training with reconnaissance forces "Search-2021" is aimed at practicing the organization and conduct of reconnaissance for the preparation and conduct of a joint operation.
Participants in the joint training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2021", which includes airborne assault, armored infantry and artillery units and special purpose groups, will practice the preparation and conducting a joint operation to localize an armed border conflict.
Military contingents of the Organization's member States consisting of mobile formations and military units of permanent readiness equipped with modern weapons and military (special) equipment, task forces of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, special-purpose force formations from special units of internal affairs (police) bodies, security agencies and special services, as well as authorized bodies in the field of emergency prevention and response took part in the trainings. In total, there are 4,000 people and more than 500 units of equipment.
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The Joint Press Center of the CSTO training "Combat Brotherhood-2021”
(The Republic of Tajikistan, Kharbmaidon training range)
