The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the final stage of the joint tactical and special training “Rock-2024” with units of the bodies authorized in the field of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergency situations of the CSTO member states. The event took place at the basic training ground for the CSTO rescue units “Rock City-Astana”.
From 3 to 6 September, participants in the command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces “Interaction-2024”, the special trainings “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” are regrouping in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Issues related to the preparation of proposals for the deployment and use of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in the Central Asian region of collective security are being worked out in the period from 3 to 4 September during a joint training session of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat in Moscow on the basis of the Crisis Response Centre.
On September 3, 2024 in Moscow, in accordance with the Plan of consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on foreign policy, security and defense issues for 2022-2024 (item 7), consultations of representatives of the CSTO member states on the agenda of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly were held.
The Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Colonel-General Andrei Nikolaevich Serdyukov, has today given a briefing on the subject of “Preparedness of the CSTO Collective Security Treaty Organization's management bodies and formations of forces and means for the conduct of joint trainings”.
Representatives of the press services of the defense departments and mass media of the CSTO member states took part in the event via videoconferencing.
The Joint Staff held consultations aimed at improving the preparation and conduct of trainings with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces
15.06.2023
On June 14, this year, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Air Force Major-General Turaly Koyshikulov, consultations were held via videoconferencing with authorized representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff to finalize, taking into account the positions received on the results of internal approval, the draft Decision of the CFM, the CMD and the CSTO CSSC "On methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces”.
Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the consultations.
The Draft Decision of the CFM, the CMD and the CSTO CSSC " On methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces" was developed by the CSTO Joint Staff taking into account the experience of peacekeeping trainings and as part of work to amend the regulatory acts governing the joint operational and combat training of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) to bring the currently effective methodological recommendations in line with the Regulation on procedure for preparation and conduct of joint combat trainings in the CSTO format.
In the course of consultations, draft Methodological recommendations on preparation and conduct of trainings with peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states allocated as part of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces were discussed, finalized and largely agreed upon. As a result of the consultations, it was decided to recommend to the CSTO Joint Staff to submit a draft document for consideration by the CSTO Permanent Council.
We recall that this year's joint training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2023" is planned at the final stage of the joint operational-strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2023". On the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, the tasks of post-conflict settlement in the crisis zone will be practiced by conducting a peacekeeping operation using the forces and means of the CSTO collective security system in the interests of maintaining peace and security.
The peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states are specially trained military, police (police) and civilian personnel, as well as forces and means provided by member states to the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces. Their total number is 3,800.
For each peacekeeping operation, the composition, structure and size of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces are determined by decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, based on the scope of the tasks to be performed and the specific situation in the conflict zone.
