On 24 April 2024, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat consultations of the CSTO member states under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the theme: "On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation" took place.
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
The CSTO Peacekeeping Forces began preparations for a joint training in the Kyrgyz Republic
30.06.2022From 28 to 30 June, this year, the Kyrgyz Republic hosted the second staff talks on the preparation and conduct of the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" command-staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. The event took place in accordance with the Plan for joint training of command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Collective Security System for 2022.
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Representatives of concerned ministries and departments of the CSTO member States, the CSTO Secretariat and a group of officers headed by Colonel Emilbek Tukaev, Deputy Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, took part in the negotiations, which took place at the Combat Training Center of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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In the course of the second staff talks, the idea of the joint training was reviewed, the composition of peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member States and issues of comprehensive support were clarified. A reconnaissance of the area where the training will take place - the territory of the “Edelweiss” training center - was conducted.
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The command-staff training "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces is held in 2022 at the final stage of the joint trainings of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) and is aimed at practicing the preparation and conduct of peacekeeping operations, as well as tasks of post-conflict settlement.
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Peacekeeping contingents from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan are involved in the "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022" training. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross will be invited to the training.
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Trainings with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood" have been conducted as part of joint training since 2012.
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The CSTO member States' peacekeeping contingents are specially trained military, militia (police) and civilian personnel, as well as forces and means provided by the member States to the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. The total number of personnel is about 3,800. For participation in a particular peacekeeping operation, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces are created out of the Peacekeeping Forces.
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The high level of joint operational and combat training of command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of collective security was confirmed by practical actions of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces in January 2022 during the provision of assistance to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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