A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The CSTO CRRF is prepared for a joint operation as part of the “Interaction-2024”, “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” trainings
09.09.2024
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In the Kyrgyz Republic, the second stage of the “Interaction-2024” command-staff training and the “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” special trainings were practiced, during which preparations were made for a joint operation by the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) to resolve an armed conflict in the Central Asian region.
An important element of the stage was the definition of the concept of the joint operation.
Colonel Samat Seydaliyev, Commander of the CSTO CRRF, a representative of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic and commander of the 8th Guards Motorized Rezhitsky Division named after I.V. Panfilov, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Order of Suvorov, organized the work of the officers of the CSTO CRRF command in preparing the relevant proposals and developing a plan for the joint operation.
The plan approved by the training leadership became the basis for the decision of the Commander of the CSTO CRRF Commander to conduct a joint operation, the main objectives of which are to repel aggression, block and destroy illegal armed formations, their training camps and bases, and restore the situation along the state border line.
At present, the CSTO CRRF Command has worked out the planning of a joint operation, the organization of command, cooperation and comprehensive support. Combat tasks are being assigned and combat work is being organized at the command posts of CSTO CRRF units and subunits. Practical training for the joint operation is being carried out at the firing range.
On the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, under the charge of Colonel Artur Temirov, First Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, a command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces “Interaction-2024”, a special training with intelligence forces and means “Search-2024”, and a special training with logistical forces and means “Echelon-2024” are being conducted.
Contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan are taking part in the training. Among them are military contingents, formations of special-purpose forces from among the special units of the internal affairs (police), security and special services bodies, authorized bodies in the field of prevention and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations, as well as operational groups of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat. A total of about 1,500 servicemen and up to 300 units of weapons, military and special equipment, including aircraft, various types of strike drones, combat boats and air defense equipment, are involved.
