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).
Joint training with the CRRF CSTO "Interaction-2019" will be held on the territory of the Russian Federation from 16 to 18 October
14.10.2019
In accordance with the Plan for joint training of control bodies command, and force and means generation of the CSTO collective security system for 2019, from 16 to 18 October , this year, it is planned to conduct a joint training with the Collective Rapid Response Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CRRF CSTO) "Interaction-2019" on the theme: "Preparation and conduct of a joint operation to localize the border armed conflict in the East European collective security region."
The joint training is held as a part of the operational-strategic training “Combat Brotherhood-2019” with participation of units and subunits of military contingents and special forces from the CRRF CSTO, as well as operational groups of defense establishments and representatives of the border services of the CSTO member states.
At the upcoming "Interaction-2019" training, it is planned to work out the issues of preparing a joint operation and managing contingents of the CRRF CSTO in conducting practical actions to localize the border armed conflict in the East European collective security region. In addition, it is envisaged that military contingents and formations of special forces will train battle tasks in intelligence with the combined use of various ground and air-based means, strengthen state border defense troops, conduct a special operation to block the border section of the CSTO member state, defeat and liquidate illegal armed groups.
The Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski, representatives of the Secretariat and military men of the CSTO Joint Staff are planning to participate in the training.
Considering past practice of conducting training in the CSTO format for the final stage of the joint training “Interaction-2019” of October 18, this year, representatives of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia, as well as military attachés accredited in the Russian Federation are invited as observers.
Taking into account the open appeal of the CSTO member states Foreign Ministers in May 2019 to the NATO member states Foreign Ministers with a proposal to establish constructive interaction, the Russian Federation (in agreement with the Organization member states) sent appropriate invitations to the international Alliance secretariat and all military attaches of NATO member states.
The training is planned to be held at the 333th training ground of the Combat Training Center of the Western Military District of the RF Armed Forces, Mulino settlement, Nizhny Novgorod Region, under the leadership of Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlev, the military commander of the Western Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The opening ceremony of the training will take place on October 16. Prior to the start of the joint training, in order to coordinate the CSTO CRRF Command in conditions of aggravation of the situation in the East European region of collective security and in the preparation of a joint operation to localize the border armed conflict, a command field training is planned.
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