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Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 13 2012
CSTO to attend Armenian military drills
All CSTO members, except Uzbekistan, have agreed to take part in
military drills of Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in Armenia on
September 3-8, News Armenia cites CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery
Semerikov as saying in Yerevan on Friday.
The official said that all preparation is held according to schedule.
The Armenian Defense Ministry keeps the process under strict control.
Semerikov noted that the CSTO Council of Defense Minister and the
Committee of Secretaries of National Security Councils will get full
information on the drills in Kazakhstan in May.
The topic of training this year is collective regional security of
Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) in the Caucasus Region. The
CSTO Joint Staff and officials of Defense Ministries, CRRF commanders
will coordinate the process.
The CRRF is used to counter military aggression, carry out special
operations to combat terrorism, transnational organized crime, drug
trafficking and coping with emergency situations. The forces consist
of a group with permanent combat readiness. The RCCF has about 20,000
troops, half of which are Russians.
The CSTO consists of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
April 13 2012
CSTO to attend Armenian military drills
All CSTO members, except Uzbekistan, have agreed to take part in
military drills of Collective Rapid Reaction Forces in Armenia on
September 3-8, News Armenia cites CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery
Semerikov as saying in Yerevan on Friday.
The official said that all preparation is held according to schedule.
The Armenian Defense Ministry keeps the process under strict control.
Semerikov noted that the CSTO Council of Defense Minister and the
Committee of Secretaries of National Security Councils will get full
information on the drills in Kazakhstan in May.
The topic of training this year is collective regional security of
Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) in the Caucasus Region. The
CSTO Joint Staff and officials of Defense Ministries, CRRF commanders
will coordinate the process.
The CRRF is used to counter military aggression, carry out special
operations to combat terrorism, transnational organized crime, drug
trafficking and coping with emergency situations. The forces consist
of a group with permanent combat readiness. The RCCF has about 20,000
troops, half of which are Russians.
The CSTO consists of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.