RED CROSS TO JOIN CSTO EXERCISE IN ARMENIA
News of Belarus
http://news.belta.by/en/news/society?id=692407
Sept 12 2012
MOSCOW, 12 September (BelTA) - Subdivisions of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will take part in the joint exercise
Collaboration 2012 of the collective rapid response forces of the
Collective Security Treaty Organization that will be held in Armenia on
15-19 September, CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov told BelTA.
The exercise aims to practice operations of the collective rapid
response forces in the Caucasus. Taking part in the exercise will be
military contingents, special operations forces and operations groups
of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan,
as well as representatives of the International Committee of the Red
Cross, international observers of the United Nations, the OSCE and the
CIS. The total number of participants will make up about 2,000 people.
The military units and special operations groups of the CSTO
member states that make part of the special operations forces of the
collective rapid response forces have already arrived at the Bagramyan
firing range and got down to training.
The International Committee of the Red Cross will take part in
the exercise in line with the protocol of intentions signed by the
CSTO Secretariat and the ICRC in 2009 and the joint action plan for
2012-2014. The ICRC will make sure the international humanitarian law
and other international regulations are observed during the exercise.
The ICRC together with the command of the collective rapid response
forces will hold briefings on the principles of the international
humanitarian law for participants of the exercise.
News of Belarus
http://news.belta.by/en/news/society?id=692407
Sept 12 2012
MOSCOW, 12 September (BelTA) - Subdivisions of the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will take part in the joint exercise
Collaboration 2012 of the collective rapid response forces of the
Collective Security Treaty Organization that will be held in Armenia on
15-19 September, CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov told BelTA.
The exercise aims to practice operations of the collective rapid
response forces in the Caucasus. Taking part in the exercise will be
military contingents, special operations forces and operations groups
of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan,
as well as representatives of the International Committee of the Red
Cross, international observers of the United Nations, the OSCE and the
CIS. The total number of participants will make up about 2,000 people.
The military units and special operations groups of the CSTO
member states that make part of the special operations forces of the
collective rapid response forces have already arrived at the Bagramyan
firing range and got down to training.
The International Committee of the Red Cross will take part in
the exercise in line with the protocol of intentions signed by the
CSTO Secretariat and the ICRC in 2009 and the joint action plan for
2012-2014. The ICRC will make sure the international humanitarian law
and other international regulations are observed during the exercise.
The ICRC together with the command of the collective rapid response
forces will hold briefings on the principles of the international
humanitarian law for participants of the exercise.