Monday, October 10 2022 17:14

ArmInfo.The Russian Federation and its Allies in the Collective Security Treaty  Organization (CSTO) do not have any significant disagreements. This  was announced during a briefing by press secretary of the President  of Russia Dmitry Peskov.  

"No," Peskov said when answering a question about possible  disagreements, Russian media reported.  Peskov also informed that  Putin plans to visit Astana, where the summit of the Conference on  Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) will be  held.  

"The Russian head of state also plans to visit a meeting of the CIS  Council of Heads of State, where Putin's meeting with Turkish leader  Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not ruled out," Peskov said.  Earlier it  became known that Kyrgyzstan canceled the Indestructible  Brotherhood-2022 command and staff exercises of the peacekeeping  forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),  scheduled for October 10-14 in the territory of the republic.  "The  Indestructible Brotherhood exercises within the framework of the CSTO  have been canceled," said a spokesman for the press service of the  Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense.  The ministry did not specify the reasons  for the cancellation of the command and staff exercises, which were  to be held in the city of Balykchy (Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan)  on October 10-14. Later it was reported that Kyrgyzstan intends to  terminate its membership in the organization next year if it is not  reformed.  In mid-September, the conflict between Kyrgyzstan and  Tajikistan escalated. The parties used heavy equipment, aircraft and  multiple launch rocket systems. As a result, 59 Kyrgyz were killed,  another 140 were injured, and on the Tajik side, the losses reached  41 people. The CSTO then called on the parties to stop fighting,  emphasizing that the conflict could only be resolved peacefully. 

On September 19, Bishkek and Dushanbe signed a peace protocol. After  that, the head of Kyrgyzstan did not come to the informal CIS summit  in St. Petersburg.  In September, Armenia decided not to send a  military contingent to the CSTO exercises on the territory of  Kazakhstan, which took place from September 26 to October 8, due to  the difficult situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The  Russian Foreign Ministry considered this decision the sovereign right  of Yerevan.