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    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.

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