In accordance with the Plan for joint training of command bodies and formations of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system for 2022, a set of measures was taken to improve the readiness of special forces formations that are part of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CSTO CRRF formations of special forces) for use as intended.
During the period from 2 to 5 August of this year, on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, tactical and special trainings with special units belonging to the CSTO CRRF formations of special forces under the code name "Cobalt-2022" were conducted in two stages.22».
The CSTO Secretariat is concerned by the information about the armed clashes that took place in Nagorno-Karabakh and resulted in human casualties. I express my deep condolences to the families and friends of the fallen servicemen. We urge the parties to the conflict to refrain from the use of force and to use only diplomatic methods to overcome their differences.
On August 3, 2022 in the Kyrgyz Republic, at the “Edelweiss” training range in Balykchy, the opening ceremony of the tactical and special training "Cobalt-2022" with the special forces formations included in the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) took place.
On August 2-5, this year, in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, in accordance with the Plan of joint training of the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system, a tactical and special training with the formations of special forces included in the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CSTO CRRF formations of special forces) will take place.
The first International military-scientific conference on the improvement of the Joint communications system and automated control systems of the CSTO Collective forces was held
08.06.2022On June 8 this year at the International Military Center in Moscow, for the first time, an international military science conference devoted to the improvement of the CSTO Unified communications system and automated control systems for troops (Collective forces) was held.
Representatives of defense agencies of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, the CSTO Joint Staff and Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Council of defense ministers of the CIS member states, military-educational and military-scientific organizations, and industry participated in the conference.
The event took place under the general leadership of Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, chief of the CSTO Joint staff. Addressing the conference participants, he said: "The most important area of development of the Collective Security Treaty Organization is to improve the system of interstate information interaction and the control system of the CSTO Troops (Collective forces), the technical basis of which is the communication system. The experience of the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the annual joint exercises shows the necessity of coordination of efforts of the CSTO member states on the issues of establishing and developing the communication system.
In the course of the speeches was noted that the CSTO Joint staff in cooperation with defense and other interested ministries and departments of the Organization member states developed and approved by the CSTO Collective security council a CSTO protected multiservice communication network scheme, draft Regulations on the CSTO communication system, which define the purpose, tasks and requirements for the communication system of Organization, and also draft Recommendations on organization of communication in the Components of the CSTO Military (Collective forces), which are proposed for testing in 2022, were prepared.
During the conference, an exhibition of exhibits by leading representatives of the defense industry in the field of communications was organized, who presented samples of communications equipment and software planned for use in the CSTO communications system.
The event provided an opportunity to discuss the results of research on the functioning of the communications system and ACST in the course of joint operational and combat training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system, as well as to outline ways to improve this direction.
