Moscow. January 10th. INTERFAX - More than 100 flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft were used to transfer CSTO peacekeepers to Kazakhstan, Secretary General of the Organization Stanislav Zas said.
"Within four days, the aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation made more than 108 aircraft flights," Zas said at an extraordinary session of the Collective Security Council of the CSTO.
The number of the CSTO peacekeeping contingent in Kazakhstan is up to 2.5 thousand people, if necessary, it will be increased, CSTO Spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov told Interfax on January 7.
The actions of the CSTO peacekeeping forces in Kazakhstan are led by the commander of the Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation Andrey Serdyukov, a general with Syrian combat experience.
According to official data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, elite units have been sent to Kazakhstan as part of the CSTO contingent - the 45th separate special purpose brigade of the Airborne Forces, the 98th Airborne Division and the 31st separate airborne assault Brigade.
The number of the Russian contingent is not officially called.
The Armenian Defense Ministry announced the dispatch of a peacekeeping unit of 100 military personnel to Kazakhstan. The ministry reported that the Armenian Armed Forces unit will exclusively protect strategic facilities.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry announced that it had sent a peacekeeping company from the 103rd Airborne Vitebsk Brigade of special operations forces to Kazakhstan.
