The 23rd meeting of the Military Committee on military cooperation development among the CSTO member states under the supervision of the Chairman of the Military Committee, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov, took place today via videoconferencing.
From April 8 to 11, 2024, the XXI International Seminar-Meeting on Combined Martial Arts with the heads of combat and physical training of the security ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states took place at the Park Hotel "Horizon", Odintsovo District, Moscow Region.
The event was addressed by Gennady Troislit, the Deputy Head of the Organizational and Planning Department of the CSTO Secretariat, and Oleg Ufimtsev, the President of the Russian Federation of Combined Martial Arts.
On 10 April 2024, the 39th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Taalatbek Masadykov. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization’s member states, the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and representatives of the UN CTO, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the SCO RATS and the ICRC.
On 8 April 2024, at the CSTO Secretariat, Imangali Tasmagambetov, the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, held a working meeting with Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
“Rubezh-2021" training with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of collective security of the CSTO will be held at the “Edelweiss” training range
17.06.2021
Staff talks were held in Bishkek to prepare and conduct a joint training “Rubezh-2021” with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of collective security.
The event took place from June 15 to 17 at the Combat Training Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic. Representatives of defense ministries of CSTO member States of the Central Asian Region of collective security and a group of officers from the CSTO Joint Staff, led by Colonel Berdibek Asanov, participated in the event.
The staff talks participants reviewed and discussed the concept of the training, the contingents' plan of practical actions, issues of comprehensive support, coordinated the order of arrival and deployment of military contingents, and conducted a reconnaissance of the training site. It is planned that the units of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of collective security will conduct the training on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic at the “Edelweiss” training range.
As a result of the talks, a Protocol was signed on the procedure for the preparation and conduct of the joint training with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of collective security “Rubezh-2021”.
The organization and conduct of this event is carried out in accordance with the Regulations on the procedure for the preparation and conduct of joint trainings in the CSTO format, approved by the CSTO Collective Security Council decision of November 28, 2019.
The Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of collective security are designed to carry out tasks to ensure the military security of CSTO member States, including participation in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counterterrorist operations. The total number of personnel is approximately 5,000.
The national formations (contingents) of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of collective security (the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, and the Republic of Tajikistan) include military formations, units and subunits of permanent readiness of the armed forces and other troops, formations and bodies in which military service is envisaged, equipped with highly mobile military equipment, interoperable weapon and communication systems, and units of combat service, logistic and technical support.
