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.
The Head of the CSTO Joint Staff met with the leadership of ministries and departments of Tajikistan, the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Tajikistan in connection with the situation in the Tajik-Afghan border zone
07.07.2021
On July 7, this year, Dushanbe hosted working meetings between the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff and the leadership of ministries and departments of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tajikistan.
Colonel General Sherali Mirzo, Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, briefed the task force, headed by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, on the current military-political and military-strategic situation in the region, caused by the escalation of armed confrontation in the territory of Afghanistan and in the Tajik-Afghan border zone.
They discussed the measures being taken and planned to be taken to neutralize risks, challenges and threats to collective security. The questions of increasing the intensity of joint operational and combat training of the defense departments of the CSTO member States and the provision of military and military-technical assistance were considered.
Colonel General Rajabali Rakhmonali, Commander of the Border Troops of the State Committee on National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan, discussed the departure of citizens, including soldiers with weapons and military equipment, of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Humanitarian response capabilities were discussed at a working meeting between the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff and Lieutenant General Rustam Nazarzoda, Chairman of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan. A set of measures to prepare in advance for the rapid deployment of the assets of the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan was considered.
The situation on the Tajik-Afghan border was discussed with the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tajikistan, Igor Lyakin-Frolov. The high level of responsibility of the officials of the Republic of Tajikistan regarding the readiness of the border troops, armed forces, ministries and departments of the Republic of Tajikistan to respond in case of further deterioration of the situation was noted. Possibilities of using the potential of the CSTO member States were also discussed.
The main objectives of the task force headed by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, are monitoring and analysis of the situation in the Tajik-Afghan border zone and preparation of proposals for joint measures within the CSTO format.
