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DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
September 6, 2006 Wednesday
ANOTHER RUBEZH FOR HEADQUARTERS;
Military exercises of the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization
are planned in accordance with military-political forecasts
by Vasily Strugovets
ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED HEADQUARTERS OF THE CIS COLLECTIVE
SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION; An update on the activities of the
United Headquarters of the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization.
41, Leningradsky Prospekt, Moscow - the address of the Warsaw Pact
headquarters for many years. When the Soviet Union disintegrated, the
CIS Headquarters for Coordination of Military Cooperation was
quartered here. It is the turn of the United Headquarters of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty Organization now.
The Collective Security Council met on April 28, 2003, in Dushanbe
and ordered "establishment of the United Headquarters" due to the
necessity to set up headquarters of the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization, a structure responsible for military security of
members of the Treaty. The decision was made to have the United
Headquarters numbering 55 staff officers established by December 31,
2003.
The Collective Security Council ruled as well that Russia was to be
represented by 34 officers (because it subsidizes the budget of the
CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization 50%), and the rest of the
members by 4 officers each. "It was the Committee of Chiefs-of-Staff
that distributed representation," said Major General Sergei Chuvakin,
the then secretary of the Committee that existed within the framework
of the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization. "Member states
themselves decided what positions its national quota would include."
"Were the member states interested in any particular positions and
functions they entailed? Sure, they were," Chuvakin continued.
"Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were particularly interested in the
structures responsible for military-technical cooperation and
personnel training. Their wishes were granted. Colonel Alymkulov of
Kyrgyzstan is deputy chief of the Department of Military-Technical
Cooperation; Lieutenant Colonel Dostiyev of Tajikistan is deputy
chief of the Department of Personnel Training. Other positions in
these departments are held by representatives of Armenia, Belarus,
and Russia."
Departments of tactical planning, tactical and combat training, and
joint (regional or united) systems are most international of all. All
of them are staffed with officers of all six countries. Now that
Uzbekistan is back in the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization, its officers are also expected to turn up. According to
what information this newspaper has compiled, Tashkent has not
decided yet what positions in the United Headquarters it would like
its officers in. Insiders do not expect any trouble because rotation
within is permitted. In the meantime, representatives of Uzbekistan
are not all who are expected at 41, Leningradsky Prospekt. This
August (with a delay extending into eighteen months, in other words),
Belarus has finally assigned officers to the United Headquarters. It
happened when Belarus became chairman of the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization.
"The United Headquarters is the permanent working body of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty Organization and its Council of Defense
Ministers. It is responsible for preparation of suggestions and
fulfillment of military decisions within the framework of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty," said Colonel General Ivan Babichev,
Senior Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the United Headquarters.
On the decision of the Council and in accordance with the Protocol
dated May 25, 2001 (on the order of formation of forces and means of
collective security framework of members of the CIS Collective
Security Treaty Organization), the United Headquarters may be
transformed into an international body of military command to
coordinate interaction between regional groups and united systems,
and military-technical cooperation within the framework of the
general collective security system.
Functions of the United Headquarters include:
- work on theoretic postulates of military strategy, conceptual bases
of establishment of the collective security framework (regional
collective security systems) and their development;
- generalization and evaluation of information on military-technical
situation in collective security regions;
- work on suggestions concerning combat composition of troops
(forces);
- work on suggestions concerning tactical infrastructure of
territories of the member states;
- coordination of joint use of objects of military infrastructure.
And many more similar tasks. The United Headquarters includes all
necessary divisions and departments to handle them all.
Joint complex exercise Rubezh'2006 took place on the territory of
Kazakhstan between August 23 and 27. Units of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, and Tajikistan were deployed in the exercise.
The United Headquarters includes the Directorate for Coordination of
Combat Training Planning. August is the period when the structure is
traditionally busy. Rubezh exercises are essentially the main test
for Central Asian Regional Group of the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization composed of units and formations of the Russian,
Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tajik armies.
"This was the first Rubezh exercise where coordinated efforts of all
three branches of the military (Ground Forces, Air Force, and navy)
were drilled. This was the first time for the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization and its armies when forces were simultaneously
landed by air and from the sea," Chuvakin said.
"The Rubezh series began in 2004. We have never planned them as only
exercises of the Collective Rapid Response Forces," Chuvakin
continued. "What with the tasks the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization is facing, the exercise is always complex. It means
maintenance of military security of member states and prevention of
terrorism, trafficing, and illegal immigration. That is why we use
both the Collective Rapid Response Forces in the exercises and
whatever other forces or means that are considered as necessary. Plus
tactical teams (or even units) from other security structures -
Internal Troops, Emergency Ministry, secret services... As for the
naval component, the Council of Defense Ministers ordered deployment
of means that do not belong to the Collective Rapid Response Forces.
In this particular case, the matter concerned the Marines and ships
of the Russian Caspian Flotilla. Kazakhstan deployed its aviation,
naval assets, infantry, and auxiliary units."
In June 2005, the heads of state signed an accord on personnel
training for armies of the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization. Personnel for national armies are to be trained on
territories of other members of the Organization free of charge.
"Needless to say, the matter concerns Russia first and foremost,"
said Colonel Aleksei Selyukov, Chief of the Department of Personnel
Training. "On the other hand, military colleges with adequate
teaching facilities and instructors exist in Kazakhstan and Belarus
as well. Their potential is also used within the framework of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty Organization. Kazakhstan is already
training officers for the Kyrgyz army and Belarus for the Armenian."
In November 2005, the Council of Defense Ministers compiled the list
of military colleges for joint personnel training. "The list includes
45 military educational establishments in Russia, 6 in Belarus, and 3
in Kazakhstan," Selyukov said. "Plus one in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and
Tajikistan each. Now that Uzbekistan has reactivated its membership
in the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization, the list may be
expanded some more. Uzbekistan has retained fine potential in this
sphere since the Soviet era. I'm talking about two Tashkent command
military colleges and the one in Samarkand."
Source: Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer, No 33, August 30 - September 5,
2006, pp. 1, 3
Translated by A. Ignatkin
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
September 6, 2006 Wednesday
ANOTHER RUBEZH FOR HEADQUARTERS;
Military exercises of the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization
are planned in accordance with military-political forecasts
by Vasily Strugovets
ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED HEADQUARTERS OF THE CIS COLLECTIVE
SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION; An update on the activities of the
United Headquarters of the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization.
41, Leningradsky Prospekt, Moscow - the address of the Warsaw Pact
headquarters for many years. When the Soviet Union disintegrated, the
CIS Headquarters for Coordination of Military Cooperation was
quartered here. It is the turn of the United Headquarters of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty Organization now.
The Collective Security Council met on April 28, 2003, in Dushanbe
and ordered "establishment of the United Headquarters" due to the
necessity to set up headquarters of the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization, a structure responsible for military security of
members of the Treaty. The decision was made to have the United
Headquarters numbering 55 staff officers established by December 31,
2003.
The Collective Security Council ruled as well that Russia was to be
represented by 34 officers (because it subsidizes the budget of the
CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization 50%), and the rest of the
members by 4 officers each. "It was the Committee of Chiefs-of-Staff
that distributed representation," said Major General Sergei Chuvakin,
the then secretary of the Committee that existed within the framework
of the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization. "Member states
themselves decided what positions its national quota would include."
"Were the member states interested in any particular positions and
functions they entailed? Sure, they were," Chuvakin continued.
"Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were particularly interested in the
structures responsible for military-technical cooperation and
personnel training. Their wishes were granted. Colonel Alymkulov of
Kyrgyzstan is deputy chief of the Department of Military-Technical
Cooperation; Lieutenant Colonel Dostiyev of Tajikistan is deputy
chief of the Department of Personnel Training. Other positions in
these departments are held by representatives of Armenia, Belarus,
and Russia."
Departments of tactical planning, tactical and combat training, and
joint (regional or united) systems are most international of all. All
of them are staffed with officers of all six countries. Now that
Uzbekistan is back in the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization, its officers are also expected to turn up. According to
what information this newspaper has compiled, Tashkent has not
decided yet what positions in the United Headquarters it would like
its officers in. Insiders do not expect any trouble because rotation
within is permitted. In the meantime, representatives of Uzbekistan
are not all who are expected at 41, Leningradsky Prospekt. This
August (with a delay extending into eighteen months, in other words),
Belarus has finally assigned officers to the United Headquarters. It
happened when Belarus became chairman of the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization.
"The United Headquarters is the permanent working body of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty Organization and its Council of Defense
Ministers. It is responsible for preparation of suggestions and
fulfillment of military decisions within the framework of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty," said Colonel General Ivan Babichev,
Senior Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the United Headquarters.
On the decision of the Council and in accordance with the Protocol
dated May 25, 2001 (on the order of formation of forces and means of
collective security framework of members of the CIS Collective
Security Treaty Organization), the United Headquarters may be
transformed into an international body of military command to
coordinate interaction between regional groups and united systems,
and military-technical cooperation within the framework of the
general collective security system.
Functions of the United Headquarters include:
- work on theoretic postulates of military strategy, conceptual bases
of establishment of the collective security framework (regional
collective security systems) and their development;
- generalization and evaluation of information on military-technical
situation in collective security regions;
- work on suggestions concerning combat composition of troops
(forces);
- work on suggestions concerning tactical infrastructure of
territories of the member states;
- coordination of joint use of objects of military infrastructure.
And many more similar tasks. The United Headquarters includes all
necessary divisions and departments to handle them all.
Joint complex exercise Rubezh'2006 took place on the territory of
Kazakhstan between August 23 and 27. Units of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Russia, and Tajikistan were deployed in the exercise.
The United Headquarters includes the Directorate for Coordination of
Combat Training Planning. August is the period when the structure is
traditionally busy. Rubezh exercises are essentially the main test
for Central Asian Regional Group of the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization composed of units and formations of the Russian,
Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tajik armies.
"This was the first Rubezh exercise where coordinated efforts of all
three branches of the military (Ground Forces, Air Force, and navy)
were drilled. This was the first time for the CIS Collective Security
Treaty Organization and its armies when forces were simultaneously
landed by air and from the sea," Chuvakin said.
"The Rubezh series began in 2004. We have never planned them as only
exercises of the Collective Rapid Response Forces," Chuvakin
continued. "What with the tasks the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization is facing, the exercise is always complex. It means
maintenance of military security of member states and prevention of
terrorism, trafficing, and illegal immigration. That is why we use
both the Collective Rapid Response Forces in the exercises and
whatever other forces or means that are considered as necessary. Plus
tactical teams (or even units) from other security structures -
Internal Troops, Emergency Ministry, secret services... As for the
naval component, the Council of Defense Ministers ordered deployment
of means that do not belong to the Collective Rapid Response Forces.
In this particular case, the matter concerned the Marines and ships
of the Russian Caspian Flotilla. Kazakhstan deployed its aviation,
naval assets, infantry, and auxiliary units."
In June 2005, the heads of state signed an accord on personnel
training for armies of the CIS Collective Security Treaty
Organization. Personnel for national armies are to be trained on
territories of other members of the Organization free of charge.
"Needless to say, the matter concerns Russia first and foremost,"
said Colonel Aleksei Selyukov, Chief of the Department of Personnel
Training. "On the other hand, military colleges with adequate
teaching facilities and instructors exist in Kazakhstan and Belarus
as well. Their potential is also used within the framework of the CIS
Collective Security Treaty Organization. Kazakhstan is already
training officers for the Kyrgyz army and Belarus for the Armenian."
In November 2005, the Council of Defense Ministers compiled the list
of military colleges for joint personnel training. "The list includes
45 military educational establishments in Russia, 6 in Belarus, and 3
in Kazakhstan," Selyukov said. "Plus one in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and
Tajikistan each. Now that Uzbekistan has reactivated its membership
in the CIS Collective Security Treaty Organization, the list may be
expanded some more. Uzbekistan has retained fine potential in this
sphere since the Soviet era. I'm talking about two Tashkent command
military colleges and the one in Samarkand."
Source: Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer, No 33, August 30 - September 5,
2006, pp. 1, 3
Translated by A. Ignatkin
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress