Moscow. August 26. INTERFAX - Joint exercises with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Collective Security Region of the CSTO "Rubezh-2021" will be held in Kyrgyzstan from September 7 to 9, the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported.
"The topic of the exercise is:" Preparation and conduct of military operations of the Central Asian Security Council to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state," the press service said in a statement issued on Thursday.
The main objectives of the exercises are " improving the practical skills of officials of the management bodies of the Troops (Collective Forces) The CSTO is involved in the organization of combat operations and the management of subordinate troops (forces), as well as improving the coherence of the CAR's CSIS units when performing tasks during a joint operation," the headquarters informs.
According to him, on the eve of the exercise, an operational meeting will be held with the officers of the command and staff of the Central African Republic's CSIS, during which issues of planning and preparing a joint operation will be worked out.
The exercises will be held at the Edelweiss training ground in Kyrgyzstan.
The maneuvers will be attended by military contingents and operational groups of Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, the Joint Staff and the CSTO secretariat, the formation of special forces and means of the internal affairs bodies (police), bodies authorized in the field of preventing and eliminating the consequences of emergency situations, and the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
The CSRs of the CAR are designed to perform tasks to ensure the military security of the CSTO member states, including to participate in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counter - terrorism operations.
Depending on the nature of the threat, the CSIS group of the CAR may have a different structure, composition and means of reinforcement, including aviation.
The total number of the CSIS of the CAR is about five thousand people. The CSTO member states of the Central Asian region of Collective Security (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan) allocate military formations, units and units of permanent readiness of the armed forces and other troops, formations and bodies that provide for military service, equipped with highly mobile military equipment, interfaced weapons and communication systems, as well as combat, logistics and technical support units to the national formations (contingents) of the Central Asian
