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.
In the Kyrgyz Republic, a command-staff exercise began with military contingents of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO “Interaction-2018”
10.10.2018
October 10, 20`8 in the Kyrgyz Republic at the training ground of the training center of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan "Edelweiss", a solemn opening of a command-staff exercise with military contingents of the Collective Operational Response Forces of the CSTO "Cooperation-2018" was held. and Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Organization.
Airborne assault, motorized rifle and artillery units, special-purpose groups, as well as long-range, military transport, assault, army aviation and unmanned aerial vehicle crews take part in the maneuvers.
Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, said: “The special feature of the Interaction-2018 exercise is that it’s a command and staff focus and we focus on the coordination and preparation of the management bodies of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces. About 2,000 troops, 300 pieces of equipment, about 40 aircraft, including UAVs, are involved in the exercise.
Anatoly Sidorov noted that representatives of all CSTO member states are taking part in the exercise. It is not aggressive in nature, and is aimed at practicing actions to combat illegal armed groups, suppress terrorist activities and protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the CSTO member states.
“For the first time this year, the officers of the CSTO Joint Staff entered the command of the RRF. We use a large number of aviation from several states at this exercise, this will allow the crews to work out close cooperation with the troops operating on the ground, ”said Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov.
In turn, Lieutenant-General Yury Petrov, Deputy Commander of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, said at the opening ceremony that the situation taking shape in the Central Asian region, and above all the threats emanating from Afghanistan, was taken into account.
The command-staff exercise with military contingents of the Collective Operational Response Forces of the CSTO "Interaction-2018" is carried out in the framework of a single plan of the operational-strategic exercises of the CSTO "Combat Brotherhood-2018"
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