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.
On 22 April 2024, the CSTO Secretariat hosted a working meeting between the Deputy Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Samat Ordabaev, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Kakha Imnadze.
The CSTO Joint Staff held the first staff talks on the preparation of joint trainings with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces)
12.04.2024
From 9 to 11 April, the CSTO Joint Staff held the first staff talks on the organization and conduct of joint trainings with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) planned for 2024.
Representatives of the ministries and departments concerned from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the talks, which were held under the general supervision of Lieutenant General Hasan Kaloyev, the First Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff.
In the course of the event, the bases of the plans for the conduct of joint trainings, the composition of the command and control bodies and troops involved, and issues of the organization of leadership and comprehensive support were considered and discussed.
In 2024, among the main activities of joint operational and combat training the following trainings are planned:
on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic - a command and staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2024", a special training with intelligence forces and means "Search-2024", and a special training with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) logistics forces and means "Echelon-2024";
on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan - a command and staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2024";
on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan - an operational training session with the Central Asian Regional Rapid Deployment Forces Command and a joint training with units of the Central Asian Rapid Deployment Forces “Rubezh-2024”.
Joint operational and combat training activities will be carried out in accordance with the plan approved by the Council of Ministers of Defense and the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils in order to maintain the readiness of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) to jointly carry out their earmarked tasks.
