On 20 December, a joint training session was held between the duty shifts of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the command posts of the defense and emergency ministries of the Organization's member states.
On 10 and 11 December, the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted videoconference consultations of representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states on the organization of joint training activities in 2026 for the CSTO collective security system's command and control bodies and formations.
On December 11, 2024, Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General and Special Representative of the CSTO Secretary General for Peacekeeping, held a meeting with the delegation of the Monitoring Group (MG) of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees 1267/1989/2253 on ISIS and “Al-Qaeda” and 1988 on the Taliban Movement.
On December 11, 2024, the 40th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the CSTO Ministerial Council was held with the participation of the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. Ordabayev and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General T. Masadykov. The event was also attended by delegations of the Organization's member states and representatives of the UNOCT, the UNRCCA, the CIS ATC, the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the SCO RATS, and the ICRC.
The Kyrgyz Republic has discussed details of joint CSTO trainings
14.06.2024
From 12 to 14 June, in the Kyrgyz Republic, the second staff talks were held on the organization and conduct of a command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) "Interaction-2024", special trainings with intelligence forces and means "Search-2024" and with CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) logistics forces and means "Echelon-2024".
Representatives of the interested ministries and departments of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Organization's Secretariat and a group of officers from the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel Azamat Dyushembekov took part in the staff talks under the general guidance of Colonel Artur Temirov, the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic.
In the course of staff talks, the plan of the trainings, issues of the organization of leadership, the composition of the national contingents' management bodies and units to be trained, the procedure for practical exercises and the organization of comprehensive support were clarified and agreed upon.
Reconnaissance of the area of the trainings planned for the fall of this year has been carried out: it will be the territory of the training center of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic "Edelweiss".
The CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces are designed to respond promptly to challenges and threats to the security of the CSTO member states. The CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces comprise mobile formations and military units of permanent readiness of the armed forces of the CSTO member states, fully manned, equipped with modern and compatible weapons and military (special) equipment, as well as formations of special-purpose forces from among the special units of the internal affairs (police), security and special services bodies and authorized bodies in the field of prevention and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations. The total number of personnel is more than 30,000.
