On May 24, 2022, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikian, a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held via videoconferencing.
The defense ministers of the Republic of Belarus (Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin), of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov), of the Kyrgyz Republic (Lieutenant General Baktybek Bekbolotov), of the Russian Federation (Army General Sergey Shoygu), of the Republic of Tajikistan (Colonel General Sherali Mirzo), as well as the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff - Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov participated in the meeting.
During the first stage of the joint exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces "Indestructible Brotherhood - 2018", the plan of a peacekeeping operation in a conditional state was worked out.
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The head of the exercise, Lieutenant-General Yuri Petrov, Deputy Commander of the Central Military District, approved the decision of the Commander of the CSTO Collective Peace-keeping forces .
For the first time, officers of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization were included in the composition of the command of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces of the CSTO at joint exercises.
"This is an experimental year for us. For the first time, we are inviting CSTO headquarters officers to exercise not as observers, but to full-time positions at command posts, where they perform functional duties in accordance with the tasks set by the Commander of the Collective Peacekeeping Forces. The experiment is successful," CSTO headquarters Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.
The exercises involve military contingents from six CSTO member states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, as well as the operational group of the CSTO Joint Staff, police (militia) forces and units of the CSTO ministries.
In general, during the “Indestructible Brotherhood-2018” maneuvers, the peacekeeping contingents of the CSTO member states work out actions to monitor compliance with the cease-fire agreement and the actions of the population in the area of responsibility, and perform tasks to assist in the restoration of peaceful life in the territories affected by attacks international terrorist organizations, as well as transport control, suppressing the illegal import and export of military equipment, weapons, ammunition and explosives. In cooperation with the police (police) personnel, they will work out the actions of the CSTO Collective Peace-keeping forces units in carrying out tasks to counter the riots.
The total number of participants in the exercise is about 1.3 thousand people, 300 units of military equipment and 20 units of various types of aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles, are involved. Representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross also take part in the exercise.
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