Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, emphasized at a briefing that the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has effectively demonstrated its capacity to address a broad spectrum of tasks at the interstate level and formulate appropriate draft decisions for the military-political leadership.
"The Joint Staff, as demonstrated by practice, has evolved into a functional entity capable of addressing a broad spectrum of tasks at the interstate level and swiftly formulating coordinated proposals and draft decisions for the military-political leadership," he said.
Sidorov also highlighted that the complex situation in the CSTO member states of the Central Asian and Caucasus regions "also demanded a swift response from the organization." In this context, he recalled how "the task force of the Joint Staff visited the Republic of Tajikistan in 2021 and the Republic of Armenia in 2022 to thoroughly examine the situation in the Tajik-Afghan and Armenian-Azerbaijani border areas." "Based on the findings of the visits, comprehensive materials on the situation and recommendations for practical response measures were prepared for a report to the CSTO Collective Security Council," added the chief of staff.
In addition, Sidorov also highlighted the work of the collective headquarters in January 2022, "when the CSTO collective forces were actively deployed for the first time in 30 years since the signing of the Collective Security Treaty to restore normalcy in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in response to a threat to the security, stability, and sovereignty of the country, partly caused by external interference." "The peacekeeping operation conducted demonstrated to the global community that the CSTO is a tangible force capable of responding promptly to any crisis situation," he stated.
"I am confident that in the current conditions of escalating challenges and threats to collective security and in the distant future, the Joint Staff, as a crucial element of the collective security system, will exert every effort to ensure the organization's readiness to respond effectively to potential challenges and threats, crisis situations, and will continue to successfully address the issues of developing the troops of the collective forces and ensuring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our member states of the organization," concluded Sidorov.
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Based on materials from TASS