Monday, September 26 2022 21:40

ArmInfo.. Today, October 26, the CSTO exercises Poisk- 2022, Echelon-2022 and Interaction-2022 Kazakhstan, which will last until October 8. Military contingents of the member countries of the Organization arrived in the Republic by rail, air transport and  on wheeled military equipment. This was reported by the press service  of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Earlier, the CSTO Joint Staff reported that the command-staff  exercise with the CSTO CRRF Interaction - 2022 provides for the  development of issues of preparing and conducting a joint operation  on bringing an armed conflict in the Central Asian region of  collective security under control. It was noted that for the first  time, a new division of collective forces will take part in the  exercise - the joint formation of radiation, chemical, biological  protection and medical support of the CSTO.  During the special  exercise "Poisk-2022", the issues of organizing and conducting  reconnaissance by the forces and means of the intelligence agencies  of the CSTO member states in the interests of the collective rapid  reaction forces of the CSTO will be worked out.  The special exercise  "Echelon-2022" is aimed at working out the issues of organizing  logistics.

Meanwhile, according to the Armenian media with reference to the  Armenian defense department, the Armenian Armed Forces will not take  part in the CSTO exercises in Kazakhstan against the backdrop of the  situation on the borders of the Republic due to the latest  Azerbaijani military aggression against the sovereign territories of  the Republic of Armenia.

Currently, CSTO members are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,  Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.