Tasks for emergency situations for 2023 were discussed at the thirteenth meeting of the Coordinating council for emergency situations of the CSTO member states, it also approved a plan of measures for cooperation in the relevant area.
"CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov addressed the meeting. He briefed on the tasks in the line of emergency situations for 2023, as well as on the work done in the organization to create a coordinating council of authorized bodies of CSTO member states on biological security," reads a report published on the organization's website on Friday.
As noted in the CSTO, participants of the meeting heard and approved the plan of measures on interaction of authorized bodies of CSTO member states "in the sphere of prevention and elimination of consequences of emergencies for 2020, as well as approved for 2023."
"The parties approved the candidacy of the Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus Vadim Sinyavsky as the next chairman in the coordination council for emergency situations of the CSTO member states. It was decided to conduct the staff trainings "Skala (Rock)-2023" and "Skala (Rock)-2024", respectively, in the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Kazakhstan," the report says.
The meeting was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of Russian Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov with the participation of heads of emergency departments of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. At Kurenkov's invitation, members of the CSTO emergency coordination council took part in the "Integrated Security - 2023" international exhibition.
"Today, emergency ministers of CSTO member states will take part in the business program within the framework of the III International Fire and Rescue Congress," the text reads.
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Based on materials TASS