MOSCOW, 27 January (BelTA) - On 26-27 January the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) held a videoconference on the draft plan for joint training of command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO forces and resources of collective security for 2022, press secretary of the CSTO headquarters Vladislav Shchegrikovich told BelTA.
“Taking into account the proposals of representatives of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states there have been discussed command-staff, special and joint training exercises featuring the CSTO forces and resources of intelligence, logistics, collective rapid response forces, collective aviation forces, peacekeeping forces, as well as the collective rapid deployment forces of the Central Asian region. Issues related to training the operational staff of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and national bodies authorized to interact with it, measures of joint training of military personnel and international military cooperation with non-CSTO member states and other international organizations have also been considered,” the spokesman said.
The event was held under the general supervision of Major General Sergey Kuprik, Acting Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff. Attending the event were representatives of interested ministries and agencies of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, the CSTO Secretariat and the Joint Staff.
“The activities envisaged in the plan are aimed at improving the preparedness of the forces and resources of the CSTO collective security system to carry out tasks. The joint fruitful work made it possible to develop agreed positions on all issues under consideration. The parties discussed all proposals and comments received on the draft plan from ministries and departments of CSTO member states, and finalized the content of the document,” Major General Sergey Kuprik said.
The agreed draft document will be submitted to the CSTO Permanent Council for consideration and decision on its further submission to the member states of the organization for internal coordination.
