The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the final stage of the joint tactical and special training “Rock-2024” with units of the bodies authorized in the field of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations of the CSTO member states. The event took place at the basic training ground for the CSTO rescue units “Rock City-Astana”.
From 3 to 6 September, participants in the command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces “Interaction-2024”, the special trainings “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” are regrouping in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Issues related to the preparation of proposals for the deployment and use of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in the Central Asian region of collective security are being worked out in the period from 3 to 4 September during a joint training session of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat in Moscow on the basis of the Crisis Response Centre.
On September 3, 2024 in Moscow, in accordance with the Plan of consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense issues for 2022-2024 (item 7), consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on the agenda of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly were held.
The Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Colonel-General Andrei Nikolaevich Serdyukov, has today given a briefing on the subject of “Preparedness of the CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization's management bodies and formations of forces and means for the conduct of joint trainings”.
Representatives of the press services of the defense departments and mass media of the CSTO member states took part in the event via videoconferencing.
The Defense Ministries have discussed the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the actions of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces
09.01.2022
On January 9, 2022, under the general supervision of the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, a working meeting was held via videoconferencing with the participation of representatives of the general staffs of the armed forces of the CSTO member States.
In the course of the meeting, it was noted that all the CSTO member States promptly sent military contingents to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the request of the Head of State to assist in resolving the crisis situation. As part of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces, there are units of the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.
In the shortest possible time, the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces were transferred from the states to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Special words of gratitude were expressed to the Russian Aerospace Forces. Subdivisions of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces have begun to perform tasks, the main of which are the protection of important state and military facilities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The CSTO Joint Staff, together with the CSTO Secretariat, developed documents approved by the Collective Security Council, the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers on measures aimed at normalizing the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the formation of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces and on conducting a peacekeeping operation on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Since the beginning of the aggravation of the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the CSTO Joint Staff has been transferred to an enhanced mode of operation. To coordinate interaction with the defense departments of the CSTO member States, the formation and deployment of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces, control over the implementation of decisions of the CSTO bodies, as well as interaction on operational, administrative and logistics issues, an operational group headed by the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff was sent to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
A day-and-night work of the CSTO Crisis Response Center has been deployed, providing videoconferencing with the defense departments of the CSTO member States.
In order to carry out peacekeeping tasks, the CSTO Joint Staff coordinates interaction between the CSTO CRC, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces, and the defense ministries of the CSTO member States. Interaction with defense departments on the organization of material and technical support, the deployment of military contingents of the CSTO member States and the replenishment of the necessary funds is under special control.
