MILITARY TRAININGS OF CSTO COLLECTIVE OPERATIONAL REACTIVE FORCES TO BE HELD ONCE IN TWO YEARS

ARMENPRESS
Oct 16, 2009

KAZAKHSTAN, OCTOBER 16, ARMENPRESS: The military trainings of CSTO
Collective Operational Reactive Forces, which for the first time have
been conducted in October of the running year, will be held once in
two years, Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbaev told today RIA
"Novosti".

"We will conduct similar general collective military trainings once in
two years", Nazarbaev stated after the "Partnership-2009" military
trainings, which wrapped up today in Kazakhstan’s "Matibulagh"
military establishment.

The heads of Armenia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
followed the final round of the military trainings.

Besides that, President Nazarbaev proposed to conduct separate
trainings of the units of emergency situations’ ministries and of
the units of the fighting against drugs in CSTO countries.

Summing up the results of the trainings of "Partnership
-2009" Nazarbaev expressed gratitude to all the commanders and
defense ministers of CSTO countries, who prepared these military
trainings. "They have carried out an enormous work, and the military
trainings have been conducted with success", the head of Kazakhstan
said. According to him, 15 000 people, 1, 5 unit armament engineering
and several hundred airplanes and helicopters participated in the
trainings. CSTO had earlier reported that 7 000 people participate
in the military trainings.

Collective Security Treaty Organization includes Armenia, Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.