On 24 April 2024, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat consultations of the CSTO member states under the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the theme: "On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation" took place.
From 1 to 23 April 2024, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hosted the regular IX Training Courses of the CSTO member states for senior staff and leading specialists of defense departments, law enforcement agencies, security council apparatuses, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized to prevent and eliminate emergency situations.
In the Astrakhan region, the "Echelon-2020" special training began with the assets of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO CRRF
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At the opening ceremony of the training, the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Major General Mukhamedzhan Talasov noted that the training was being conducted despite the fact that a difficult sanitary and epidemic situation had developed in the Organization's member states caused by the spread of coronavirus infection.
In the course of the training, the issues of deploying Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics center, transporting military contingents, as well as organizing Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the interests of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO upon a joint operation to localize a border armed conflict in the Caucasian region of collective security are being worked out. Subdivisions are improving the practice of loading and unloading military equipment in various ways, replenishing supplies in battle area, evacuating and repairing equipment damaged during a battle, mass refueling equipment, etc.
“One of the main goals of the training is to improve the coherence of joint actions on Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the interests of the CSTO CRRF, designed to respond promptly to challenges and threats to the security of our states,” Mukhamedzhan Talasov said.
The Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff expressed confidence that the command and control bodies and subdivisions participating in the “Echelon-2020” special training would demonstrate a high level of professional training and the ability to effectively operate as part of joint groupings of forces in various conditions.
Military personnel of the Organization's member states and an operational group of the CSTO Joint Staff are taking part in the training under the charge of the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Lieutenant General Viktor Voronov. In total, about one thousand servicemen and about 250 pieces of equipment are involved.
The Joint Press Center for the CSTO "Echelon-2020"special training
