Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026”.
On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
Joint training with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region and the CSTO peacekeeping forces "Indestructable Brotherhood-2019" began in the Republic of Tajikistan
21.10.2019
In the Republic of Tajikistan at the "Harbmaydon" training ground on October 21, this year, the opening of a joint training with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region and the Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO “Indestructable Brotherhood-2019” took place, This training will last until October 29.
Issues of preparation and conduct by the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region of the counter-terrorism operation and the peacekeeping operation by the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces in the Central Asian region of collective security will be worked out during the training,
The training led by Colonel-General Alexander Lapin, commander of the troops of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, will be attended by military contingents of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the task force of the CSTO Joint Staff and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Police) unit. In total, more than 3,500 military officers and over 600 pieces of equipment, including aviation - the Su-24MR reconnaissance plane and the Mi-24 army helicopters are Involved in the training.
"Using the experience of the combat actions acquired in the Syrian Arab Republic, we are working out the issues of command and cooperation, and directions to increase the coordination of tactical activity of the created group in a rapidly changing environment, taking into account the studied nature of the actions of illegal armed groups," Alexander Lapin said during the opening of the training.
Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, speaking at the opening ceremony of the training, said: “The military-political situation in the CSTO responsibility zone remains tense. A negative influence on its development is exerted by the presence on the external borders of the collective security regions of unresolved armed conflicts, and by the high activity of extremist and terrorist groups in Central Asia."
He noted that one of the priorities of the CSTO activities in the current year is to carry out events to implement the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, and this is precisely the focus of the set of joint trainings and exercises with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces). “The main tasks of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region are to participate in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counter-terrorism operations,” said Anatoly Sidorov.
For his part, Deputy Defense Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Abdulkhoshim Davron Gulomzoda also noted the difficult situation in the Central Asian region.
"The situation remains difficult, tends to aggravate, of particular concern are the facts of the concentration of armed groups of international terrorist organizations, including citizens of our states on the cross-border region, the creation of bases and camps for training combatants in the northern provinces of Afghanistan," Gulomzoda said
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The joint press-center of the CSTO training "Indestructable-Brotherhood-2019"
